This DATSETNAMEreadme.txt file was generated on 2022-03-25 by Junwei Luan GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of Dataset: Data from: Litter decomposition affected by bamboo expansion is modulated by litter-mixing and microbial composition 2. Author Information A. Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Junwei Luan Institution: Institute of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Bamboo and Rattan Science and Technology of State Forestry and Grassland Administration, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan Address: Futong eastern street #8, Chaoyang district, Beijing 100102, PR China Email: junweiluan@icbr.ac.cn B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Institution: Address: Email: C. Alternate Contact Information Name: Institution: Address: Email: 3. Date of data collection (range) : 2016-11~2017-08 4. Geographic location of data collection : 31°51′26″N, 114°05′25″E, Jigong mountain, Henan, China; 30°06′11″N, 120°00′15″E,Fuyang, Zhejiang, China; 25°50′12″N, 114°25′21″E,Doushuihu, Jiangxi, China. 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: This study was jointly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31971461, 31930078, 31670450, 31760177), the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC0507301; 2018YFD0600104), and the Fundamental Research Funds for ICBR (1632018004; 1632019006; 1632021023). SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2435.13911 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: n/a 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: n/a 5. Was data derived from another source? no A. If yes, list source(s): 6. Recommended citation for this dataset: Luan, J., Li, S., Dong, W., Liu, Y., Wang, Y., & Liu, S. (2021). Data from: Litter decomposition affected by bamboo expansion is modulated by litter-mixing and microbial composition. Dryad Digital Repository, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4f4qrfjcp DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1. File List: Data for Luan et al., Litter decomposition affected by bamboo expansion is an excel file with two sheets, one is litter decompositon data, the other is soil chemical and PLFA data. 2. Relationship between files, if important: 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no A. If yes, name of file(s) that was updated: i. Why was the file updated? ii. When was the file updated? METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2435.13911 2. Methods for processing the data: n/a 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: n/a 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: n/a 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: Natural condition 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: n/a 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [Data for Luan et al., Litter decomposition affected by bamboo expansion] 1. Number of variables: 28 2. Number of cases/rows: 180 3. Variable List: k (1/year), C loss (%), N loss (%), soilmoisture(m3/m3), Nitrogen (soil total nitrogen, g/kg) Carbon(soil organic carbon, g/kg), CtoN,Phosphorus(soil total phosphorous, g/kg), NtoP, pH, DOC(g/kg), microcarbon(microbial biomass carbon, g/kg) micronitrogen(microbial biomass nitrogen, g/kg), MBCtoMBN, Acyinomycete, G+, G-, Bacteria, AMF, Fungi, FungiBacteriaratio, G+toG- ratio, AMFratioFungi, totalPLFA, cy17ratio16, cy17rati181w7c cy19rati181w7c, cytopreratio 4. Missing data codes: n/a n 5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: the ratio of the sum of cyclopropyl PLFAs to the sum of their monoenoic precursors (cy17:0 + cy19:0)/(16:1ω7 + 18:1ω7), abbreviated as cy/pre