Alpine Meadow Plant Traits Under Fertilization and Herbivore Exclusion

A five-year field experiment from 2021 to 2026 manipulated nutrient availability and herbivore exclusion on the eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Wei Zhao authored this dataset, which records plant community responses, including species richness and functional trait measurements. The dataset is small, totaling 130.2 KB.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the correlation between Raup–Crick dissimilarity values and community-weighted mean (CWM) height or specific leaf area (SLA) to quantify deterministic processes.
• Modeling changes in species richness as a function of fertilization (F) and herbivore exclusion (E) treatment combinations.
• Investigating the relationship between fast resource-acquisition traits and community homogenization across the five-year experimental time series.

Strengths

• Data originates from a controlled five-year field experiment, providing longitudinal observations.
• Includes specific ecological metrics like Raup–Crick dissimilarity, CWM height, and SLA.
• Published under a CC-BY-4.0 license for open reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small (130.2 KB), indicating limited scope and likely a small sample size.
• No column details or row count are provided, complicating assessment of data structure and volume.
• Geographic coverage is restricted to a single alpine meadow site on the eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.

Provenance

Source

Figshare, authored by Wei Zhao.

Collection Method

Five-year field experiment manipulating nutrient availability and herbivore exclusion.

Time Range

Five-year period, concluding in the final year of the experiment (likely 2021-2026).

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

An alpine meadow on the eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.