Datasets for Maier et al., Parent material geochemistry – and not plant biomass – as the key factor shaping soil organic carbon stocks in European alpine grasslands

the uploaded datasets entail the following files: Alpine_SOC_complete: excel sheets including data and metadata of all soil and plant biomass observations. used to run statistical analyses and data visualization for figures in the publication. includes 1) plant biomass variables, 2) soil physiochemical and organic variables Alpine_SOC_F14C: excel sheets including data and metadata of sampling sites' fraction modern radiocarbon (F14C) Alpine_SOC_excl_dolomite: excel sheets including the data and metadata needed for the running of the soil organic carbon prediction models in the publication