Forest Litter and Soil Microbial Necromass Carbon Under Nitrogen Addition

Jun Chen's dataset examines the effects of seven nitrogen addition levels on microbial necromass carbon in forest litter and soil layers. The study quantifies contributions to organic carbon and identifies enzyme activity as a primary driver. The data was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is available as a 29.0 KB XLSX file.

Use Cases

• Modeling the hump-shaped response of fungal necromass carbon to nitrogen addition intensity.
• Comparing microbial necromass carbon contributions between litter and soil layers.
• Analyzing the relationship between enzyme activity and microbial necromass carbon accumulation.
• Identifying optimal nitrogen addition levels for maximizing microbial necromass carbon.

Strengths

• Includes seven distinct nitrogen addition levels, from 0 to 160 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹.
• Directly compares key metrics like fungi NC and microbial NC between litter and soil layers.
• Data is provided in an accessible XLSX format under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The dataset is very small at 29.0 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Experimental study using seven nitrogen addition levels in a forest ecosystem.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 02:42:13.