Alpine Meadow Disturbance Data from the Eastern Tibetan Plateau

The eastern Tibetan Plateau is the study area for this dataset, which examines 21 typical alpine meadow plots disturbed by plateau zokors. It integrates UAV-derived fresh soil mound density as a proxy for disturbance intensity with ground survey data on six metrics, including vegetation cover and above-ground biomass. The dataset was authored by Yifan Zhao and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling disturbance intensity based on UAV-derived soil mound density.
• Analyzing relationships between rodent activity and vegetation cover metrics.
• Investigating correlations between soil disturbance and above-ground biomass.
• Assessing the impact of zokor burrowing on bare ground proportion in alpine meadows.

Strengths

• Integrates UAV remote sensing data with ground survey data from six distinct metrics.
• Focuses on a specific ecological interaction across 21 alpine meadow plots.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

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

Data gathered via UAV remote sensing and ground surveys.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05 14 10:27:25; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eastern Tibetan Plateau