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...

This is the 2008 CSP SIR data from a subset of 12 CSPs representing the age gradient. Samples were analyzed over the depth profile of each CSP (see detailed methods below) and analyzed for basal respiration, substrate induced respiration, and the ...

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...

Leaf toughness assessed on individual trees of species growing on the Experimental Sites of BEF China. For each tree seven leaves were sampled in most cases. Every single value for every leaf is given. Exceptions were made in species with very sma...

This data documents the shrub growth parameters in 2012 for site A, belonging to the annual inventory taking place for both site A and site B. Individual-shrub growth is a function of stand attributes, local neighbors, plant size, plant damage, ge...