Soil Seed Banks Mediate the Coupling Between Soil Degradation and Vegetation Recovery in Mining-Induced Fissure Landscapes_Mendeley Data

Data Content and Structure:

This dataset comprises seven main components:

Table2.data: This file contains data on the soil physicochemical properties at different spatial positions relative to the fissure.

Variable Definitions: SOM (Soil Organic Matter); SMC (Soil Moisture Content); AK (Available Potassium); AP (Available Phosphorus); AN (Available Nitrogen); SBD (Soil Bulk Density); SP (Soil Porosity).

Fig.3.data: This file contains the source data for Figure 3, presenting the germination status of the soil seed bank at different distances from the fissure and various soil depths. Seed bank density was calculated from these data.

Fig.4.data: This file contains data on the relative abundance of plant life forms in the soil seed bank at different positions relative to the fissure. It details the proportions of Annual herbs, Perennial herbs, Small shrubs, Subshrubs, and Shrubs, calculated based on different soil depths and distances.

Fig.5.data: This file contains data on the diversity characteristics of the soil seed bank at different positions relative to the fissure. The "richness index" section primarily contains diversity data, while "Calculate the data" refers to the raw data used for the calculations.

Fig.6. data and code: This folder contains:

8 .xlsx files: These files contain data used for Mantel tests at different distances.

In the aboveground vegetation-data file:

S: Aboveground vegetation Margalef richness index

H: Aboveground vegetation Shannon-Wiener diversity index

J: Aboveground vegetation Simpson dominance index

VC: Aboveground vegetation coverage

VB: Aboveground vegetation biomass

LC: Litter coverage

LT: Litter thickness

LB: Litter biomass

CC: Soil crust coverage

CT: Soil crust thickness

In the seed bank-data file:

SSD: Soil seed bank density

SSM: Soil seed bank Margalef richness index

SSW: Soil seed bank Shannon-Wiener diversity index

SSS: Soil seed bank Simpson dominance index

SSP: Soil seed bank Pielou evenness index

4 .txt files: These contain the R code used to perform the Mantel tests.

Fig.7. data and code: This folder contains:

4 .xlsx files: These contain the data for structural equation modeling (SEM) located in the Table2. and SEM folder.

VS: Aboveground vegetation richness

VD: Aboveground vegetation density

SSD: Soil seed bank density

SSR: Soil seed bank richness

4 .txt files: These contain the R code used to run the structural equation models.

Table3. and Fig.8.data: This file contains data on the similarity between the soil seed bank and the aboveground vegetation. Plant species are denoted by 'A'. Based on this table, the similarity between the seed bank and aboveground vegetation was calculated, and an UpSet plot was generated.