Soil Fungal Community Response to Biochar Under Nitric Acid Rain Stress

A field experiment in a Quercus acutissima plantation simulated severe nitric acid-type acid rain stress. The dataset likely contains measurements of soil fungal community composition and diversity, comparing the effects of pyrochar and hydrochar amendments. It was authored by Yan Wang and last updated on 2026-05-28.

Use Cases

• Comparing the effects of pyrochar versus hydrochar on soil fungal taxa based on relative abundance changes described in the study.
• Analyzing shifts in fungal community diversity under acid rain stress based on reported Shannon index values.
• Investigating the relationship between soil microbial biomass and fungal community structure using redundancy analysis results mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Includes specific quantitative results, such as a 20.92% increase in Basidiomycota abundance with pyrochar and a 57.83% decrease with hydrochar.
• Reports concrete diversity metrics, with pyrochar and hydrochar increasing the fungal Shannon index by 19.81% and 42.45%, respectively.
• Based on a controlled field experiment simulating a specific environmental stressor (severe nitric acid-type acid rain).

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 small (1.7 MB), potentially limiting the scope of analysis.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Field experiment in a Quercus acutissima plantation with simulated acid rain and biochar application.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 12:58:25; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Quercus acutissima plantation (location unspecified).