Meta data.xlsx

The database consists of 198 species and 352 paired leaf and root decomposition data from 88 sites and 52 published studies, located from 38.75°S to 68.63°N with mean annual temperature (MAT) ranging from -10.4 to 28.0 °C and mean annual precipitation (MAP) from 110 to 4100 mm. The dataset covers major biomes including tropical forest, subtropical forest, temperate forest, boreal forest, grassland, desert and tundra.

本数据库包含198个物种，汇集了来自88个采样位点、52项已发表研究的352组叶片与根系配对分解数据。该数据集的采样位点分布范围为南纬38.75°至北纬68.63°，年平均气温（mean annual temperature, MAT）介于-10.4 ℃至28.0 ℃之间，年平均降水量（mean annual precipitation, MAP）为110 mm至4100 mm。本数据集覆盖了热带森林、亚热带森林、温带森林、寒温带针叶林（boreal forest）、草原、荒漠与苔原等主要陆地生物群系。