Dataset of global plant-soil feedback

Plant-soil feedback (PSF) is an important mechanism determining plant community dynamics and structure. Understanding the geographic patterns and drivers of PSF is essential for understanding the mechanisms underlying geographic plant diversity patterns. We compiled a large dataset containing 5969 observations of PSF from 202 studies to demonstrate the global patterns and drivers of PSF for woody and non-woody species. Overall, PSF was negative on average and was influenced by plant attributes and environmental settings. Woody species PSFs did not vary with latitude, but non-woody PSFs were more negative at higher latitudes. PSF was consistently more positive with increasing aridity for both woody and non-woody species, likely due to increased mutualistic microbes relative to soil-borne pathogens. These findings were consistent between field and greenhouse experiments, suggesting that PSF variation can be driven by soil legacies from climates. Our findings call for caution to use PSF as..., , , #### When using this data, please cite our paper // will be updated after publishing in ecology letters

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Column names in the PSF.data.csv file

* Author: Author and year
* Year: Year of paper
* Species: Species name
* Genus: Genus name
* Family: Family name
* F.H: Experimental environments (field vs. greenhouse)
* Life.form: Species life form (woody vs. non-woody)
* Sp.origin: Species origin (native vs. non-native)
* Approach: experimental approach used (self-other vs. self-sterilized)
* Response: response variable (aboveground biomass vs. total biomass)
* Phase1.m.ori: environment/duration (months) in months during conditioning phase (field vs. greenhouse)
* Phase1.m: environment during conditioning phase (field vs. greenhouse)
* Phase1.culti: community type during conditioning phase (monoculture vs. community)
* Experimental.setting: Experimental setting during feedback phase
* SoilT...