Fungal necromass is reduced by intensive drought in subsoil but not in topsoil

unspecifiedFungal necromass is reduced by intensive drought in subsoil but not in topsoil [Access this dataset on Dryad] (DOI: 10.5061/dryad.c59zw3rf9) A drought simulation experiment was conducted on a poplar plantations in Jiangsu, China. In this study, the precipitation input was controlled by the rain canopy to simulate different drought conditions. We established three treatments, including a control without throughfall reduction (CK); moderate treatment with a 30% throughfall reduction (D30%); and intensive treatment with a 50% throughfall reduction (D50%). Each treatment was set up with three replicates for a total of nine plots. Soil samples were extracted from all nine plots in 2021 (January in Winter, April in Spring, July in Summer, and October in Autumn). The soil samples collected for each plot are divided into 0-15cm topsoil and 15-30cm subsoil. We measured the content of microbial necromass in these soil samples as well as soil properties. Based on these data, we analyzed the ecological correlations between soil depth, drought intensity, soil properties and microbial necromass. ## Description of the data and file structure This dataset showed the raw data we used in the manuscript. [Treatments] CK means soil samples without throughfall removal, D30% means soil samples with 30% throughfall removal, and D50% implies soil samples with 50% throughfall removal. [Variables] Temp means soil temperature, Mois means soil moisture, FNC means fungal necromass carbon , BNC means beterial necromass carbon and TNC means total necromass carbon. The TNC=FNC+BNC. [Seasons] Win: Winter (January, 2021); Spr: Spring (April, 2021); Sum: Summer (July, 2021); Aut: Auntumn (October, 2021). *These data is aggregated in an Excel file that can be accessed and observed in the corresponding tabs. ## Code/Software This data file can be opened and accessed using Microsoft Excel.