10.1594/PANGAEA.918958Damisch, KatherinaKatherinaDamischSteinwandter, MichaelMichaelSteinwandter0000-0001-8545-6047Tappeiner, UlrikeUlrikeTappeiner0000-0002-0195-7459Seeber, JuliaJuliaSeeber0000-0003-0189-7377PANGAEA2020AlpsClimate changeLTSERsoil biodiversitySouth Tyroltraditional low-input land-useEvent labelSample code/labelDateSample IDHabitatLATITUDELONGITUDEELEVATIONSoil water contentTemperature, soilpHSoil organic matterCarbon, totalNitrogen, totalCarbon/Nitrogen ratioGastropodaLumbricidaeAporrectodea roseaAporrectodea sp.Dendrobaena octaedraDendrobaena sp.Lumbricus rubellusLumbricus sp.Octolasion lacteumOctolasion sp.Lumbricidae indeterminataEnchytraeidaeAraneaeTheridiidaeAsagena phalerataEnoplognatha thoracicaTheridiidae indeterminataLinyphiidaeAgyneta affinisBolyphantes alticepsCaracladus aviculaCeratinella brevisDiplocentria bidentateErigone atraErigone dentipalpisMacrargus rufusMecopistes silusMermessus trilobatusMicrargus subaequalisPocadicnemis pumilaScotargus pilosusScotinotylus alpigenusTapinocyba pallensTenuiphantes mengeiTiso vagansTrichopterna citoWalckanaeria sp.Linyphiidae indeterminataHypososinga sp.LycosidaeAlopecosa trabalisAlopecosa sp.Pardosa sp.Lycosidae indeterminataCryphoeca silvicolaClubionidae: Clubonia sp.GnaphosidaeGnaphosa sp.Zelotes clivicolaGnaphosidae indeterminataXysticus sp.SalticidaeHeliophanus sp.Salticidae indeterminataPhalangiidaeNeobisiidaeNeobisium carcinoidesNeobisium sp.ColeopteraCarabidaeAmara aeneaAmara curtaAmara infimaAmara montivagaBadister bullatusBembidion lamprosBradycellus caucasicusCalathus fuscipesCalathus melanocephalusClivina fossorDyschirius globosusHarpalus rubripesNotiophilus biguttatusPterostichus strenuusPterostichus unctulatusSyntomus truncatellusHydrophilidaeCryptopleurum minutumMegasternum concinnumPtiliidaeAcrotrichis sp.Pteryx suturalisLeiodidaeAgathidium dentatumAgathidium laevigatumAgathidium variansStaphylinidaeAcidota crenataAleochara erythropteraAmischa analisAnaulacaspis nigraAnotylus rugosusAstenus gracialisAtheta elongatulaAtheta fungiAtheta myrmecobiaAtheta solidalisAtheta subtilisAtheta tibialisBolitochara pulchraCordalia obscuraCypha sp.Drusilla canaliculataGabrius appendiculatusGyrohypnus angustatusIschnosoma longicorneLiogluta alpestrisLiogluta micansLiogluta sp.Ocalea badiaOthius angustusOthius lapidicolaOthius punctulatusOxypoda annularisOxypoda brevicornisOxypoda haemorrhoaOxypoda islandicaOxypoda togataOxypoda sp.Philonthus carbonariusPhilonthus cognatusPhilonthus laminatusPhilonthus lepidusPhilonthus tenuicornisPhilonthus sanguinolentusQuedius fuliginosusQuedius paradisianusSepedophilus nigripennisSepedophilus sp.Stenichnus collarisStenus clavicornisStenus nanusTachinus corticinusTachinus rufipesTachinus laticollisTachyporus disparTachyporus nitidulusTachyporus scitulusTachyporus sp.Tinotus morionXantholinus laevigatusXantholinus linearisXantholinus tricolorXantholinus sp.Dalopius marginatusByrrhus fasciatusAtomaria analisDienerella vincentiNalassus convexusScarabaeidaeAphodius abdominalisDiastictus vulneratusOnthophagus fracticornisPhyllopertha horticolaChrysomelidaeLongitarsus luridusLongitarsus pratensisNeocrepidodera sp.ApionidaeApion cruentatumCatapion seniculusIschnopterapion virensProtapion apricansProtapion fulvipesCurculionidaeBrachysomus echinatusHylastes cuniculariusOtiorhynchus carinatopunctatusOtiorhynchus desertusOtiorhynchus ovatusOtiorhynchus pauxillusOtiorhynchus raucusOtiorhynchus subdentatusPhyllobius arboratorRhinoncus pericarpiusRomualdius scaberSitona sulcifrons argutulusTrachyphloeus heymesiTrachyphloeus spinimanusTychius picirostrisTychius squamulatusColeoptera, larvaeCarabidae, larvaeStaphylinidae, larvaeCantharidae, larvaeMelyridae, larvaeElateridae, larvaeCoccinellidae, larvaeAnobiidae, larvaeTenebrionidae, larvaeScarabaeidae, larvaeChrysomelidae, larvaeCurculionidae, larvaeHeteropteraPentatomidaeSciocoris cursitansSciocoris umbrinusOdontoscelis lineolaBerytinus signoretiRhyparochromidaeMegalonotus chiragraPlinthisus pusillusTingidaeAcalypta marginataLasciacantha capucinaNematocera, larvaeChironomidae, larvaeSciaridae, larvaeCecidomyiidae, larvaeCeratopogonidae, larvaeScatopsidae, larvaeBibionidae, larvaePsychodidae, larvaeTipulidae, larvaeBrachycera, larvaeStratiomyiidae, larvaeDrosophilidae, larvaeDolichopodidae, larvaeEmpididae, larvaeRhagionidae, larvaeAnthomyiidae, larvaeScenopinidae, larvaeTherevidae, larvaeTabanidae, larvaeHeleomyzidae, larvaeFanniidae, larvaeAsilidae, larvaeGastrophelidae, larvaeSciomyzidae, larvaeUlidiidae, larvaeChilopodaGeophilidaeLithobiidaeDiplopodaPolyxenus sp.GlomeridaeGlomeris hexastichaGlomeris sp.JulidaeCylindroiulus fulvicepsCylindroiulus meinertiEnantiulus nanusLeptoiulus sp.Julidae indeterminataChordeumatidaeSymphylaMultiple investigationsSoil Moisture Sensor, Campbell Scientific, HydroSense IIML3 ThetaProbe (Delta-T Devices)pH-multimeter (HI2020 edge, Hanna Instruments, Woonsocket, Rhode Island)Carbolite ELF1114 (Carbolite)Element analyser CHN, LECOCountingDataset10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-19-00057.137007 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalHere we present abundance data as individuals per m² of soil macro-invertebrates from Alpine habitats of different management techniques. In detail, we took 144 soil monoliths from four different land-use types: (1) grazed dry pastures, (2) intensively used hay meadows, (3) larch and (4) spruce forests. All sites were comparable concerning bedrock and exposition. Additionally, we measured pH, organic matter content, C- and N-content, as well as soil temperature and soil moisture. We found the highest abundances on the intensively used hay meadows, followed by the larch forests, the spruce forests, and the dry pastures. Diptera larvae and Lumbricidae were predominant in hay meadows, while in larch forests we found the highest number of Coleoptera larvae, Araneae and Symphyla. In comparison to the other land-use types the dry pastures harbored most Gastropoda individuals, no special taxa were observed in the spruce forests. At species level, the larch forests had the highest biodiversity with 73 species 73, followed by the hay meadows with 44 species, the spruce forest with 42 species and the dry pasture with 36 species. Despite showing a lower biodiversity, we found more rare and specialist species in the extensive dry pastures compared to the more generalist species assemblages in the other habitats, supporting the high conservational value of extensively managed Alpine landscapes, which are currently threatened by environmental and socio-economic changes such as the cessation of traditional cultivation, but also climate change are influencing mountain ecosystems.10.5756510.6125746.6813546.6921South Tyrol, Italy