Global Plant and Animal Stoichiometry Under Multiple Environmental Stressors

A global database contains over 50,000 observations of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus content across 6,202 plant and animal species from six continents. It was constructed to analyze how an increasing number of global environmental stressors correlates with organismal elemental composition. The findings reveal stressor associations that vary among groups, such as selecting angiosperms with high N:P ratios and vertebrates with low N:P ratios.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between multiple environmental stressors and organismal elemental composition.
• Comparing carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometry across plant and animal taxonomic groups.
• Investigating global-scale decoupling of organismal elemental balance for nutrient cycling models.
• Assessing stressor impacts on specific groups like angiosperms and vertebrates.

Strengths

• Contains over 50,000 observations, providing a substantial sample for global analysis.
• Covers a wide taxonomic breadth with 6,202 plant and animal species from six continents.
• Explicitly investigates the cumulative influence of multiple natural and anthropogenic stressors.

Limitations

• Column names and specific data structure are not provided in the metadata.
• The exact row count is not specified, with sources listing 'unknown' or 'None'.
• The dataset's temporal coverage for the observations is not stated.

Provenance

Source

Author: Qingshui Yu.

Collection Method

Constructed as a global database from observations.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-19.

Geography

Global, with observations from six continents.