Litterfall production is an important linkage between aboveground and belowground. Most studies are carried out in tropical forests or a single forest plantation, few leaf litter data, however, are available for subtropical forests along a chrono...

Leaf, twig, stem and root samples were taken from eight “target” species (four trees, two deciduous: Castanea henryi, Quercus serrata and two evergreen: Castanopsis eyrei, Schima superba; four shrubs, one deciduous: Rhododendron simsii and three e...

This file contains data about the absolute and relative mass loss of defined pieces of wood over one year. Furthermore, the data give an overview about whether termites or fungi were involved in the degradation.

Corrections of tags given to tree stems in the CSPs. Tree size measurements (basal diameter, diameter at breast height, height) of the trees in the CSPs performed in 2010.

We integrated multiple components of plant and herbivore diversity to unravel the linkages that drive biodiversity relationships and determine the consequences of biodiversity loss across trophic levels. Our study suggests that lepidopteran phylog...

Data on the individual total dry biomass of the individuals in the center of each plot in the pilot experiment harvested in autumn 2010