The dataset was generated in June 2017, at the BEF-China experimental site in Xingangshan, Jiangxi Province. In this study, arboreal spiders were collected from 55 sample plots using the branch beating method, and prey in the spider gut were detec...

Comprehensive dataset for cavity-nesting solitary bees, wasps, and their natural enemies from 212 plots in sites A and B. Collected in 2024 as a complementary dataset to the long-term IOZ 88-plot trapnest dataset, with the goal of reaching a combi...

Fungal diversity and community composition are mainly related to soil and vegetation factors. However, the relative contribution of the different drivers remains largely unexplored, especially in subtropical forest ecosystems. We studied the funga...

Pitfall traps (four traps per plot, located at the corners of the central 10 x 10 m subplot) were used to assess the activity abundance and species richness of Formicidae in relation to the plots' woody plant diversity. The data allow to test to w...

Based on a comprehensive dataset of lepidopteran herbivores recorded from the BEF sites, we tested the contribution to herbivore species co-occurrence of herbivore phylogenetic relatedness, plant diversity and functional traits, and spatial scale....

This data set contains all ant workers that have been collected in the 27 CSPs in the Gutianshan National Nature Reserve. Ants have been collected with a range of complementary methods (baiting at breast height / baiting on the ground / beating lo...