Context-Dependent Contributions of Shrub Species Richness to Ecosystem Stability Across Tree Diversity Gradients: Insights from Microbial Mediators

Title: Context-Dependent Contributions of Shrub Species Richness to Ecosystem Stability Across Tree Diversity Gradients: Insights from Microbial MediatorsAuthors: Siqi Tao, Laiye Qu, Paul Kardol, Naili ZhangDate: 2025-04-22Corresponding Author: [e-mail]:This dataset was used to generate the results presented in the manuscript titled "Context-Dependent Contributions of Shrub Species Richness to Ecosystem Stability Across Tree Diversity Gradients: Insights from Microbial Mediators", submitted to Ecology Letters. ---File List:1. Figure 1-6.R — Scripts used to generate figures 1-6.2. Figure S1-S5.R — Scripts used for supplementary figures 1-5.3. Metadata.csv - Sample metadata and environmental variables (see variable descriptions below).4. path_abun_unstrat.tsv - PICRUSt2 output of unstratified pathway abundances.5. guild_count_Funguild.csv - Fungal guild assignments and counts from FUNGuild.6. KEGG_pathway_classification. - KEGG classification (Level 1–3) of predicted pathways.7. picrust_pathway_combined.csv - Combined pathway output from multiple samples.8. feature-table-bac_re.tsv - Feature (ASV) table for bacterial communities (QIIME2 format).9. feature-table-fungi_re.tsv - Feature table for fungal communities (QIIME2 format).10. taxonomy-filtered-bacteria_re.csv - Taxonomic classification for bacterial ASVs.11. taxonomy-filtered-fungi_re.csv - Taxonomic classification for fungal ASVs.12. tree.txt - FASTA sequences of hub taxa in bacterial and fungal communities used for phylogenetic tree construction.13. muscle.aln - Multiple sequence alignment file from MUSCLE (used for phylogeny).14. B_asv_data.csv - Amplicon GC content and basecount of bacterial ASVs15. F_asv_data.csv - Amplicon GC content and basecount of fungal ASVs