Preliminary data from the common garden experiment in Gutianshan. Approximately 10,000 cuttings from 10 common species were collected from CSPs and planted in a common garden experiment within Gutianshan. Collection and planting took place in Augu...

Soil sampling was carried out on a subset of 100 plots of two overlapping extinction scenarios on Site A (Extinction scenario A and B). The samples were collected from young forest communities composed of 1 - 24 species (see general plot informati...

Bulk density of soil horizons for all 27 comparative study plots.

This dataset provides information about the remaining leaf litter mass of the Unlabelled NILEx litter decomposition plots.

The soil microbial community biomass data from intensive sampling site B in 2012.

We measured the concentration of C and N in fine roots of 124 tree and shrub species in the CSPs. This work contributes three addtional traits to the plant trait database: Root N concentration, root C concentration and C/N ratio and will deliver d...