Contrasting responses to aridity by different-sized decomposers cause similar decomposition rates across a precipitation gradient

Data of a litter mass loss experiment across 7 sites and 2 seasons, with three treatments that control organismal access to litter by size (microorganisms only, microbes+mesofauna, microbes+mesofauna+macrofauna): Litter mass loss data. Macro-decomposer assemblage data collected using pitfall trapping.

本数据集涵盖一项横跨7个样地、覆盖2个季节的凋落物质量损失（litter mass loss）实验相关数据，该实验设置了3种按体型管控生物对凋落物可及性的处理组别，分别为：仅微生物、微生物+中型土壤动物（mesofauna）、微生物+中型土壤动物+大型土壤动物（macrofauna）。数据集包含两类核心数据：其一为凋落物质量损失数据；其二为采用陷阱诱捕法（pitfall trapping）采集得到的大型分解者类群（macro-decomposer assemblage）组成数据。