Data from: Soil respiration is correlated with rainfall and soil moisture at multiple temporal scales in a seasonal wet tropical forest

This dataset contains the raw soil respiration, soil moisture and soil temperature data collected from two seasonal tropical forest sites in the Western Ghats, India, over a six-year period as part of the Long-term Ecosystem Monitoring Network (LEMoN). The data underlie the analyses presented in: Chakravarthy, D., Raghavendra, H.V., Ratnam, J., & Sankaran, M. (2025). Soil respiration is correlated with rainfall and soil moisture at multiple temporal scales in a seasonal wet tropical forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467425100126 Data fields: [1] "site" : Site of data collection - Hosagadde OR Mulagunda [2] "dat_ymd": date presented in ymd format [3] soil_collar_no": The unique ID of the soil collar within each site [4]"temp_c" : Soil surface temperature, measured in degree c [5] "volumetric_soil_moisture_%": Percent volumetric soil moisture [6] "soilresp_gco2/m2/s" : Instantaneous soil respiration after correcting for collar volume - presented in gCO2/m2/s For full methodological details, please refer to the associated publication.