Soil Nitrogen and Climate Variables from 31 NEON Sites

Yong Peng's dataset contains soil δ15N and aligned climate, soil, vegetation, and microbial variables from 31 NEON sites. The 44.4 KB CSV file was last updated on 2026-05-26. It was assembled to evaluate nonlinear precipitation controls and threshold shifts in ecosystem nitrogen retention.

Use Cases

• Modeling ecosystem nitrogen retention thresholds based on precipitation data.
• Analyzing correlations between soil δ15N and microbial variables.
• Studying the interaction of climate, soil, and vegetation factors on nitrogen cycling.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from 31 distinct NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network) sites.
• Includes multiple aligned variable types: climate, soil, vegetation, and microbial.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small at 44.4 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Yong Peng

Collection Method

Assembled from NEON site data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 07:03:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

31 NEON sites (locations within the National Ecological Observatory Network, likely in the United States).