Data underlying article 'Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands: Linking plant functional traits with soil hydrology'

We measured field-saturated soil hydraulic conductivity (Kfs) and soil organic carbon (SOC) in 38 plots across agricultural landscapes in Muminji, Kenya. Woody vegetation and land use inventories took place and species functional traits were measured on the 63 most important species. We systematically tested the effects of vegetation quantity (aboveground woody biomass and vegetation cover) and quality (functional properties and diversity) on soil health (Kfs as a proxy for soil infiltrability and SOC for soil fertility). This dataset contains the data that underlies the analysis and outcomes of this study, described for each dataset below.

我们在肯尼亚穆明吉（Muminji）农业景观中的38个样地测定了田间饱和土壤导水率（field-saturated soil hydraulic conductivity, Kfs）与土壤有机碳（soil organic carbon, SOC）。同时开展了木本植被与土地利用调查，并对63种关键物种的功能性状进行了测定。我们系统检验了植被数量（地上木本生物量与植被覆盖度）与质量（功能特性与多样性）对土壤健康（以Kfs表征土壤入渗能力，以SOC表征土壤肥力）的影响。本数据集包含支撑本研究分析与结果的原始数据，各子数据集的详细说明见下文。