Inner Mongolian steppes provide the geographic scope for this dataset of soil microbial necromass carbon and physicochemical properties. The data is associated with a study from Inner Mongolia University and was last updated on May 10, 2026. It includes selected plot-level measurements from meadow, typical, and desert steppes.
Use Cases
- Modeling soil carbon persistence based on microbial necromass carbon measurements.
- Analyzing the relationship between soil microbial necromass and physicochemical properties across an aridity gradient.
- Studying shifts in soil carbon drivers from biotic to abiotic control in temperate steppes.
Strengths
- Includes a variable dictionary describing units for each measurement.
- Covers three distinct steppe types: meadow, typical, and desert.
Limitations
- The description notes only 'partial datasets' are provided, indicating incomplete data.
- Row count and specific column details are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Inner Mongolia University
- Collection Method
- Field measurements from plots across meadow, typical, and desert steppes.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-10 14:23:21.
- Geography
- Inner Mongolia, northern China.