Alpine Meadow Plant Trait Responses to Nitrogen Addition Levels

Plant trait measurements from an alpine meadow experiment with three nitrogen addition levels. The dataset includes leaf anatomical traits, morphological traits, and physiological metrics for a dominant plant species. Hao Shen published the data on figshare in May 2026 to support a manuscript.

Use Cases

• Modeling plant adaptive strategies based on shifts in leaf anatomical traits like thickness and vascular bundle diameter.
• Analyzing trade-offs in resource use efficiency based on metrics like photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency (PNUE) and water use efficiency (WUE).
• Investigating trait coordination patterns under different environmental nutrient regimes.
• Calibrating ecological models of plant responses to nitrogen deposition using measured traits like net photosynthetic rate and non-structural carbohydrates.

Strengths

• Includes three distinct experimental treatments: control (0 kg N/ha/yr), low nitrogen addition (8 kg N/ha/yr), and high nitrogen addition (72 kg N/ha/yr).
• Covers multiple trait categories: anatomical (e.g., leaf thickness, cuticle thickness), morphological (e.g., leaf area, stem length), and physiological (e.g., net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance).
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analyses.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the provided abbreviation list after download.
• The dataset is very small (10.4 KB), indicating a limited scope likely focused on a single species or site.

Provenance

Source

Hao Shen via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely collected from a controlled field or greenhouse experiment in an alpine meadow.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 09:54:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alpine meadow (specific location unknown).