Data underlying article 'Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands: Linking plant functional traits with soil hydrology'

We measured field-saturated soil hydraulic conductivity (Kfs) and soil organic carbon (SOC) in 38 plots across agricultural landscapes in Muminji, Kenya. Woody vegetation and land use inventories took place and species functional traits were measured on the 63 most important species. We systematically tested the effects of vegetation quantity (aboveground woody biomass and vegetation cover) and quality (functional properties and diversity) on soil health (Kfs as a proxy for soil infiltrability and SOC for soil fertility). This dataset contains the data that underlies the analysis and outcomes of this study, described for each dataset below.

我们在肯尼亚穆明吉的农业景观内的38个样地中，测定了田间饱和土壤导水率（field-saturated soil hydraulic conductivity, Kfs）与土壤有机碳（soil organic carbon, SOC）。随后完成了木本植被与土地利用清查，并针对区域内63种关键物种测定了其功能性状。本研究系统检验了植被数量（地上木本生物量与植被盖度）及植被质量（功能属性与物种多样性）对土壤健康的影响：其中以Kfs作为土壤入渗能力的替代指标，以SOC表征土壤肥力。本数据集包含支撑本研究分析与最终结论的全部原始数据，各数据集的详细说明如下。