Alien-Native Plant Pairs and Mycorrhizal Effects Across 3,509 Chinese Shrubland Plots

463,188 alien-native plant pairs from 3,509 shrubland plots in China reveal how mycorrhizal dependency influences biotic resistance to invasion. The dataset, authored by Haichuan Le and last updated in May 2026, includes 7 files of data and code. It supports analysis of Darwin's naturalization conundrum in plant communities.

Use Cases

• Modeling biotic resistance to alien plant invasion based on mycorrhizal dependency data.
• Testing Darwin's naturalization hypothesis using paired alien-native plant observations.
• Analyzing community-level drivers of invasion success across thousands of shrubland plots.

Strengths

• Large observational scale with 463,188 plant pair observations.
• Geographically specific, covering 3,509 shrubland plots in China.
• Includes both raw data and analysis code across 7 files.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Haichuan Le.

Collection Method

Likely contains observational field data from ecological surveys.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05 06 08:46:26; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shrubland plots in China.