Dataset of Soil Phosphorus-Cycling Functional Genes and Physicochemical Properties

The investigated land-use types include grassland, forest land, and cropland. The dataset contains vegetation and soil physicochemical properties, including soil water content, soil organic carbon, soil total nitrogen, soil total phosphorus, soil texture, and aboveground biomass, as well as the relative abundances of phosphorus-cycling functional genes and microbial diversity indices.

Soil physicochemical properties were determined using conventional soil analytical methods, while phosphorus-cycling functional gene data were obtained through soil metagenomic sequencing and functional annotation. The data are provided in Excel format, with rows representing individual soil samples and columns representing land-use type, sample identification, soil physicochemical properties, microbial diversity indices, and the relative abundances of phosphorus-cycling functional genes.