Community-level dataset

This study was carried out in a natural temperate forest located in the Jiaohe Management Bureau of the Experimental Forest Zone in Jilin Province, northeastern China (43°57′54″-43°58′16″N, 127°42′47″-127°43′19″E). The area is characterized by a temperate continental climate affected by a monsoon season, which has a mean annual temperature of 3.8°C and a mean annual precipitation of 695.9 mm. The average monthly temperature ranges from -18.6 °C (January) to 21.7 °C (July). The brown forest soil typical of the area has a rootable depth ranging between 20 and 100 cm. A permanent forest observational study covering an area of 21.12 ha (660m×320m) was established in a secondary forest during the summer of 2009. The plots were resurveyed twice in 2014 and 2019.