Alpine soil macro-invertebrate communities from soil and litter samples from European larch and Swiss pine forests in the LTSER area “Val Mazia/Matschertal”, South Tyrol

10.1594/PANGAEA.910664Schneider, EvaEvaSchneiderSteinwandter, MichaelMichaelSteinwandter0000-0001-8545-6047Seeber, JuliaJuliaSeeber0000-0003-0189-7377Alpine soil macro-invertebrate communities from soil and litter samples from European larch and Swiss pine forests in the LTSER area “Val Mazia/Matschertal”, South TyrolPANGAEA2020Alpine forestsLarchLTER Italysoil macro-invertebratesSwiss pineEvent labelLatitude of eventLongitude of eventElevation of eventSample IDForest compositionSample typeSample methodGastropodaLumbricidaeAnaitides roseaAporrectodea sp.Dendrobaena octaedraDendrobaena sp.Lumbricus rubellusLumbricus sp.Octolasion lacteumOctolasion sp.Lumbricidae indeterminataEnchytraeidaeIsopodaLithobiidaeDiplopodaPolyxenus lagurusJulidaeCraspedosomatidaeOpilionesNemastomatidaeHistricostoma dentipalpeMitostoma chrysomelasParanemastoma quadripunctatumMitopus morioOpiliones indeterminataAraneaeTheridiidaeLinyphiidaaeLycosidaeMiturgidaeAgelenidaeCybaeidaeGnaphosidaeThomisidaePseudoscorpionesNeobisidaeChernetidaeDermapteraThysanopteraHemipteraSternorrhynchaAuchenorrhynchaHeteropteraColeopteraCarabidaeCholevidaeLeiodidaeStaphylinidaeCantharidaeCryptophagidaeLathrididaeMonotomidaeTenebrionidaeScarabaeidaeCurculionidaeColeoptera, larvaeCarabidae, larvaeStaphylinidae, larvaeCantharidae, larvaeMelyridae, larvaeCleridae, larvaeTenebrionidae, larvaeScarabaeidae, larvaeCurculionidae, larvaeNematocera LarvaeChironomidae, larvaeSciaridae, larvaeCecidomyiidae, larvaeCeratopogionidae, larvaeTipulidae, larvaeBrachycera, larvaeDolichopodidae, larvaeEmpididae, larvaeTherevidae, larvaeTabanidae, larvaeHeleomyzidae, larvaeFannidae, larvaeLepidoptera, larvaeMultiple investigationsCountingDataset10.1594/PANGAEA.91066610.5281/ZENODO.35653744428 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalHere we present abundance data (i.e. individuals per square metre) of soil macro-invertebrates from Alpine European larch and Swiss pine forests, as well as mixed forests. The forests are located in the LTSER area "Val Mazia/Matschertal" in the Vinschgau Valley, South Tyrol, Italy. Each three replicates from each forest type (larch, pine, and mixed) were sampled in late summer 2017. The animals were sampled with soil cores; the samples were split into soil and litter layer. Representatives of the mesofauna (i.e. Acari and Collembola) were excluded from the analyses.10.6354310.651846.6711246.70137South Tyrol, Italy