(This revision was accepted on Oct 2017)

Summary of updates

• Contact information of some contact persons was updated.
• Data files “site_metadata.csv” and “soil_properties.csv” were revised.

HTML metadata update details

3. CONTRIBUTORS

Contact information of some contact persons was updated.

7. DATA STATUS

Latest update: October 2017

Data file update details

site_metadata.csv : Soil classification for ARR, ARB and ARC was corrected according to the latest research (Hishi et al. 2017).
soil_properties.csv : Soil total C, N concentrations and C/N for TMC, TMN, OYC, TZB and STN were corrected.

Reference

Hishi T, Urakawa R, Shibata H (2017) Effects of soil origin and current microclimate conditions on nitrogen mineralization in forest soil on different slope aspects in Hokkaido, Japan. Ecological Research 32:725–733.