Fungi rather than bacteria explain home-field advantage for decomposition of litter carbon fractions

Home-field advantage (HFA) hypothesis proposes that specific interactions between the litter and microbial communities lead to faster mass loss in home habitats than in away habitats. However, the effects of HFA on the decomposition of individual carbon (C) fractions with distinct chemical structures remain largely unexplored. In particular, it remains unclear to what extent litter-layer microbial communities–shaped by interactions between litter and soil microbial communities–drive the fraction-specific manifestation of HFA during litter C decomposition. In this study, a 480-day reciprocal litter transplant experiment was conducted across forest and cropland ecosystems. The effect of HFA on the loss of four C fractions (dissolved organic carbon, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin) with varying chemical qualities, as well as the role of litter-layer microbial communities in this process, was assessed using four litter types: two forest litters (Schima superba and Castanopsis fargesii)..., , # Data from: Fungi rather than bacteria explain home-field advantage for decomposition of litter carbon fractions

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.8pk0p2p1w](10.5061/dryad.8pk0p2p1w)

## Description of the data and file structure

Fungi rather than bacteria explain home-field advantage for decomposition of litter carbon fractions

### Files and variables

#### Files:

* Initial_traits.csv
* Mass_and_C_loss.csv
* HFAI.csv
* Microbial_community.csv
* Specific_microbial_taxa.csv

**Description:** 

The dataset consists of five files: 

1. Initial_traits
* Initial litter traits of two species litters from forest ecosystem and two species litters from cropland ecosystem in the litter decomposition experiment.
2. Mass_and_C_loss
* Losses of litter total mass and four carbon fractions.
3. HFAI
* The home-field advantage index (HFAI) for mass loss and the loss of C fractions
4. Microbial_community
* Bray-Curtis dissimilarity index of bacterial and fungal communities
5. Specific_microbia...,