In all four seasons (summer 2008, autumn 2008, spring 2009 and winter 2010) the gravimetric soil water content of the mineral soil in up to 6 soil layers was determined. Soil sampling was performed in parallel with nitrate and ammonium extractions.

This is an addition to the Paperproposal 204 (http://china.befdata.biow.uni-leipzig.de/paperproposals/204) by D. Eichenberg, A. C. Lang and C. Wirth. Here I provide (in the Excel freeformat sheet attached belwo) the details on which Data will b...

Leaf decomposition plays an important role in ecosystem biogeochemistry. Nutrients are released from decomposing litter by leaching of soluble substances and the break-down by animals, microbes and fungi, and will thus become again available for u...

Trophobiosis are common tri-trophic trophic interaction between plants, sap-sucking insects and ants. While sap-sucking insects directly exploit plants in a cryptic form of herbivory, the ants establish a mutualistic relationship with the sap-suck...

Resident phytometers are trees from within the general planting scheme but of which the seed family is known. In summer 2012 we measured several growth parameters and estimated herbivory on 12 phytometer species: Alniphyllum fortunei, Castanopsis ...

Estimated data of individual biomass of July 2010 in Pilot experiment (SP7, Species Pool 1 & 3) by the allomerty equations. --- Including estimated tree biomass data of block 1, 2 & 3, and the harvest data of block 4.