Soil Ecosystem Effects of Photovoltaic Coverage Across Three Land-Use Types

24.1 KB of data from figshare investigates the ecological consequences of photovoltaic (PV) infrastructure expansion on soil ecosystems. The dataset likely contains measurements of soil microbial communities and ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) across arable land, forest land, and tailings. Yang Shi authored this dataset, which was last updated on June 2, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between PV coverage and soil moisture based on structural equation modeling results
• Analyzing shifts in microbial taxa (phototrophic, heterotrophic, parasitic) in response to PV installations
• Comparing ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) impacts across different land-use types (arable, forest, tailings)
• Evaluating the role of microbial network complexity as a correlate of EMF in arable land

Strengths

• Data is structured to compare three distinct land-use types (arable land, forest land, and tailings)
• Includes quantified relative changes in ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF), such as a -1.02 decline in tailings
• Results are derived from structural equation modeling, suggesting soil moisture as a primary factor

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is 24.1 KB, indicating a very limited scope and likely small sample size

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Research study investigating PV coverage effects on soil microbiomes and ecosystem multifunctionality.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 17:04:28