Supporting raw data of the paper "Soil respiration and litterfall dynamics along a forest-

Monthly field measurements from permanent soil collars and litterfall traps in Jambi, Indonesia evaluate the spatio-temporal variability of soil CO₂ flux and litterfall production across a land-use change gradient. Data includes repeated measurements of soil respiration, litterfall, soil temperature, air temperature, and water table depth, collected using LiCOR instrumentation. The dataset was generated by Swail, E. for CIFOR and is hosted on the Dataverse platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil carbon emissions based on monthly soil CO₂ flux measurements.
• Analyzing litterfall production dynamics across different land-use types (primary forest, degraded forest, oil palm).
• Investigating relationships between soil respiration and environmental drivers like soil temperature and water table depth.
• Assessing the spatio-temporal heterogeneity of ecosystem processes in a tropical peatland landscape.

Strengths

• Measurements are repeated monthly, capturing temporal dynamics.
• Data collection uses LiCOR instrumentation, suggesting standardized methodology.
• Replicated across spatial positions to capture environmental heterogeneity.
• Covers a gradient of land-use change from primary forest to oil palm plantation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update date is in the future (2026-05-10).

Provenance

Source

CIFOR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Field measurements collected from permanent soil collars, fertilization experiments, and litterfall traps.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-10 09:10:10

Geography

Jambi, Indonesia