10.6084/m9.figshare.7996328.v2 J. Aaron Hogan J. Aaron Hogan Christopher Baraloto Christopher Baraloto Oscar Valverde-Barrantes Oscar Valverde-Barrantes Han Xu Han Xu Qiong Ding Qiong Ding Sapling leaf and root traits from 6.6 km Jianfengling transect figshare 2019 plant functional traits tropical trees Jianfengling tropical forest leaf area SLA leaf thickness roots SRL root tissue density root architecture root diameter root branchiness soils soil nutrients soil texture JFL transect Botany Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Plant Biology 2019-04-16 15:10:57 Dataset https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Jianfengling_Sapling_Functional_Traits_from_6_6_Km_transect/7996328 Data collected during the summer of 2017 in Jianfengling, Hainan Island, China. Juvenile tropical trees, sampled for leaves and roots. Leaves and roots scanned, dried and weighed. Morphological traits quantified with WinRhizo and WinFolia. Soil collected, sieved and sent for analysis by the Guangzhou Xinhua Agricultural Limited Company. Plant functional trait and soil data shared.