Data for "Shifts in plant ecological strategies drive divergent soil organic carbon stock in Alpine Ecosystems"

Analyses for the manuscript “Shifts in Plant Ecological Strategies Drive Divergent Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Alpine Ecosystems” using plant and soil data collected for a large-scale sampling campaign along elevational gradients in seven mountains across mainland China. The dataset included information about the sample sites, data of soil organic carbon, plant ecological strategies, plant functional traits, soil enzymes, soil microbial biomasss, and soil physicochemical properties. Variables: Mountains: AT: Altai Mountains, TS: Tian Mountains, CB: Changbai Mountains, QL: Qilian Mountains, BL: Balang Mountains, SL: Segrila Mountain, YL: Yulong Mountains Strategy: Plant strategy classification for subsequent calculations. C strategy: competitors, S strategy: stress-tolerators Strategy_origial: SOC: soil organic carbon PPO: polyphenol oxidase PER: peroxidase BG: β-D-glucosidase MBC: soil microbial biomass carbon MBN: Soil microbial biomass nitrogen MBC/N: ratio of soil microbial biomass carbon to nitrogen height: plant height LDMC: leaf dry matter content SLA: specific leaf area leafN: leaf nitrogen leafC: leaf carbon