%0 Dataset %T The Dataset of Biological Observation at the Shapotou Desert Research and Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2004 to 2022 %J National Cryosphere Desert Data Center %I National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(www.ncdc.ac.cn) %U http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/03e3841d-3a4b-460d-b826-511ce02b48bf %W NCDC %R 10.12072/ncdc.nieer.db7115.2026 %A Tan Huijuan %A Lixinrong %A Hui Rong %A Yang Haotian %K Shapotou;biological data;composition of shrub layer species in desert plant communities;elemental content of dominant plants in plant communities;phenology of shrubs in desert plant communities %X The sample survey conducted by the Shaoputou Desert Research and Experiment Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2004 to 2022 provided the basic data on the species composition of the shrub layer in the desert plant community (DA01); the data on the elemental contents of the dominant plants in the desert plant community (DA02) were obtained through experimental tests after sampling; the data on the shrub phenological observations of the desert plant community (DA03) were obtained through artificial phenological observations.