TY  - Data
T1  - Dataset of Plant Species Composition under Different Groundwater Depths in the Cele Desert (2024)
A1  - Zhang Bo
DO  - 10.12072/ncdc.db7765.2026
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026-09-03
PB  - National Cryosphere Desert Data Center
AB  - This dataset records the species composition and structural characteristics of plant communities under different groundwater depth conditions in the Cele Desert Ecosystem, Xinjiang in 2024. The study area is located on the southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, with three groundwater burial depth gradients of 2.5, 4.5 and 11.0 m to record plant species composition and community structure information under different groundwater conditions. The data mainly includes indicators such as plot and plot numbers, groundwater burial depth, plot latitude and longitude, plant Chinese names and Latin scientific names, families, life forms, species appearance, coverage, density and relative coverage, involving Camel thorn, flower wood, reed, licorice expansa and other desert plants. This dataset can reflect the differences in desert plant species composition and community structure under groundwater burial gradient, and can provide basic data for studying the impact of groundwater changes on desert vegetation distribution, community structure and plant diversity, as well as the groundwater-vegetation relationship in arid areas.Data were organized according to different groundwater burial depth gradients, including three groundwater burial depth levels of 2.5, 4.5 and 11.0 m. The main fields include area, plot number, groundwater burial depth, plot latitude, plot longitude, plant Chinese name, plant Latin scientific name, family, life form, species occurrence, coverage, density and relative coverage, etc. Each record corresponds to a specific groundwater depth and a plant species in the sample, and can be further used to calculate indicators such as species richness, dominance, and community diversity.
DB  - NCDC
UR  - http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/066e4698-c107-46e1-b2a0-f8cf61ed510c
ER  -