Soil Microbial Communities and Carbon-Nitrogen Forms Across Alpine Tundra Vegetation

Alpine tundra soil biogeochemistry and prokaryotic community data collected across three snow-driven vegetation types. The dataset includes measurements of carbon and nitrogen forms and microbial functional groups, published under a CC-BY-4.0 license by Andrea Benech on figshare. It was last updated on June 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling relationships between snow cover duration and soil carbon content based on vegetation type comparisons.
• Analyzing seasonal dynamics of mineral nitrogen forms based on timing within the snow-free season.
• Comparing prokaryotic functional group composition, such as cellulolytic microbes, across different alpine plant communities.
• Investigating potential shifts in nitrogen-cycling microbial functions associated with specific vegetation microhabitats.

Strengths

• Data compares three distinct alpine vegetation types shaped by snow cover duration.
• Includes both biogeochemical measurements (C, N forms) and inferred microbial functional profiles.
• Dataset is openly available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary data file is a 7.1 MB DOCX, which may require format conversion for analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Field study investigating soil samples across three alpine vegetation types.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:41:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alpine tundra environment.