Grazing Intensity Effects on Soil and Plants in Northwestern China

Northwestern Chinese rangelands provide data on the effects of human grazing intensity on soil properties and plant species composition. The dataset was created by Tuerxun Tuerhong and last updated in April 2026. Its small size of 18.3 KB indicates a limited scope.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between grazing intensity levels and specific soil property measurements.
• Model plant species composition shifts as a function of documented grazing pressure.
• Classify rangeland ecological integrity using combined soil and plant community features.
• Assess conservation outcomes by comparing soil and vegetation data across different grazing regimes.

Strengths

• Data addresses a stated critical knowledge gap for rangeland conservation.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

• Very small dataset at 18.3 KB, suggesting a limited number of observations or features.
• Lack of provided column names and sample data obscures specific variable coverage and structure.
• Geographic scope is limited to a specific region in northwestern China.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Tuerxun Tuerhong.

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Northwestern rangelands of China.