Alpine Meadow Plant Traits and Soil Properties Along an Elevational Gradient

Data collected from alpine meadow communities along an elevational gradient on Guanggai Mountain, eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. The dataset includes plot-level geographic and climatic variables, soil physicochemical properties, and community-weighted mean seed traits. It was authored by shuxia li and last updated on 2026-05-30.

Use Cases

• Modeling plant trait variation based on altitude and climatic variables mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing relationships between soil physicochemical properties and community-weighted seed traits.
• Studying alpine ecosystem responses to environmental gradients on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

Strengths

• Includes multiple data types: geographic, climatic, soil, and plant trait variables.
• Data is accompanied by R scripts for analysis, suggesting reproducibility.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Dataset is small at 115.7 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Collected from field plots along an elevational gradient.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-30 04:08:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Guanggai Mountain, eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China.