Leaf traits data from Gongga Mountain, China (Q10035)

This dataset reports on leaf traits of plants and climate dataused in the paper: Xu et al. (under review in Tree Physiology) at 18 sites from 1143 to 4361 m in Gongga Mountain region (29 22 to 29 55 N and 101 1 to 102 9 E). The trait data were collected during the active growing season in 2018 and 2019, as part of a Chinese research project. The vegetation type changes from deciduous broad-leaved forest dominated by Betulaceae, Urticaceae, Caprifoliaceae and Rosaceae, to evergreen needle-leaved forest and deciduous shrubland dominated by Pinaceae and/or Rosaceae and Ericaceae with increasing elevation. Relevant dataset information can be found:https://github.com/Huiying-Xu/PTG