Grassland Beta-Diversity Assembly Across a Resource Gradient in Inner Mongolia

134 sites across Inner Mongolian grasslands provide data linking plant functional traits to the spatial scaling of biodiversity. The dataset quantifies beta-diversity using the slope parameter of nested species–area relationships and includes associated functional trait indices, soil properties, and climate data. Authored by Tao Liu and last updated in May 2026, this 1.0 MB dataset is available in CSV and R formats.

Use Cases

• Modeling beta-diversity scaling based on functional trait community-weighted means (CWM) and diversity indices.
• Analyzing the influence of soil properties and climate on the power-law slope parameter (z) of species–area relationships.
• Investigating how resource availability gradients in grasslands affect fine-grain biodiversity assembly.

Strengths

• Data from 134 sites provides a multi-site observational foundation.
• Integrates multiple data types: species–area relationships, functional traits, soil properties, and climate.
• Uses a standardized power-law slope parameter (z) for quantifying beta-diversity.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Integrated sampling design across grassland sites.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-30 13:33:08.

Geography

Inner Mongolian grasslands