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 This dataset is currently under restricted access status due to the unpublished status of associated studies.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.本数据集包含支撑已投稿至《CATENA》的研究《秦岭主峰森林与高寒灌丛草甸生态系统土壤碳氮动态的海拔分布格局》的相关实验数据。本研究旨在探究沿海拔梯度下，土壤有机碳（Soil Organic Carbon, SOC）和土壤全氮（Soil Total Nitrogen, STN）库的储量、生化稳定性及周转速率的变化规律。 本数据集包含以下内容： 1. Yang_2025.txt：该文本文件收录了所有样品的实测土壤碳氮参数（如土壤有机碳（SOC）、土壤全氮（STN）等）。 2. README_Yang_2025.txt：该文本文件全面说明了项目标题、作者信息、数据采集方法与时间、数据集内容与结构、所用软件版本以及变量定义。 本数据集目前因关联研究尚未正式发表，处于受限访问状态。该数据集可用于验证本研究结论，同时也可为未来预测山地生态系统对全球变化的响应相关研究提供宝贵的研究资源。