Soil Ecological Data from the CATENA Study "Altitudinal patterns of soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics among contrasting forest and alpine shrub meadow ecosystems on the highest peak of the Qinling Mountains"

This dataset contains the data supporting the findings of the study "Altitudinal patterns of soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics among contrasting forest and alpine shrub meadow ecosystems on the highest peak of the Qinling Mountains" (submitted to CATENA). This study aimed to investigate the variation patterns in the stocks, biochemical stability, and turnover rates of soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil total nitrogen (STN) pools along the altitudinal gradient. The data include: Yang_2025.txt: A text file containing measured soil carbon and nitrogen parameters (e.g., Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), soil total nitrogen (STN)) for all samples. README_Yang_2025.txt: A text file providing a comprehensive description of the project title, author information, data collection methods and timing, dataset content and structure, software versions used, and variable definitions. This dataset is currently under restricted access status due to the unpublished status of associated studies. It serves as an invaluable resource for validating our research findings and for future investigations predicting mountain ecosystem responses to global change.