Characteristics of and calculated stability metrics for 27 biodiversity - ecosystem function experiments

This data set contains summary statistics and calculated stability metrics for 27 biodiversity - ecosystem function (BEF) experiments. These experiments were selected from a literature survey, and include all BEF experiments that (a) experimentally manipulated species richness of primary producers, (b) included single-species monocultures, (c) measured biomass production at least three time points, (d) retained individual data for all experimental units (as opposed to treatment means), and (e) made raw data available. Data reported for each experiment include basic descriptors of the experimental design, and several calculated statistics that summarize the observed relationship between species diversity and ecosystem stability.本数据集包含27项生物多样性-生态系统功能（biodiversity-ecosystem function, BEF）实验的汇总统计量与计算得到的稳定性指标。这些实验源自文献调研，涵盖了满足以下全部条件的BEF实验：(a) 对初级生产者的物种丰富度开展实验操控；(b) 设置了单物种单作群落；(c) 至少在三个时间点测定生物量生产；(d) 保留所有实验单元的个体数据（而非处理组均值）；(e) 公开原始数据。每项实验的报告数据包含实验设计的基本描述信息，以及用于总结物种多样性与生态系统稳定性之间观测关系的多项计算统计量。