GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of Dataset: Supplementary material for Díaz-Martínez et al. “Biocrusts buffer against climate change effects on soil organic carbon pools: Insights from a 9-year experiment” 2. Authors: Díaz-Martínez, Paloma ; Panettieri, Marco ; García-Palacios, Pablo ; Moreno, Eduardo ; Plaza de Carlos, César ; Maestre, Fernando T. 3. Date of data collection: N/A 4. Date of data publication on repository: 2022-04 5. Geographic location of data collection : N/A 6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data (including research project reference/acronym): N/A 7. Recommended citation for this dataset: Díaz-Martínez, Paloma ; Panettieri, Marco ; García-Palacios, Pablo ; Moreno, Eduardo ; Plaza de Carlos, César ; Maestre, Fernando T.; 2023; "Supplementary material for Díaz-Martínez et al. “Biocrusts buffer against climate change effects on soil organic carbon pools: Insights from a 9-year experiment” [Dataset]"; Springer Nature; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00779-0 SHARING/ACCESS/CONTEXT INFORMATION 1. Usage Licenses/restrictions placed on the data (please indicate if different data files have different usage license): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 2. Links to publications/other research outputs that cite the data: N/A 3. Links to publications/other research outputs that use the data: Díaz-Martínez, Paloma; Panettieri, Marco; García-Palacios, Pablo; Moreno, Eduardo; Plaza de Carlos, César; Maestre, Fernando T. Biocrusts Modulate Climate Change Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Pools: Insights From a 9-Year Experiment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00779-0. http://hdl.handle.net/10261/346737 4. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A 5. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: Plaza, César; Maestre, Fernando T.; 2022; Contents of soil organic matter fractions as affected by warming and rain exclusion at a semiarid Mediterranean site [Dataset]; Zenodo; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6519858 6. Was data derived from another source? If so, please add link where such work is located: N/A DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1. File List: 10021_2022_779_MOESM1_ESM.rtf 10021_2022_779_MOESM2_ESM.docx 2. Relationship between files, if important: N/A 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: N/A 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? If so, please indicate where they are located: N/A METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: N/A 2. Methods for processing the data: N/A 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret/reproduce the data, please indicate their location: N/A 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: N/A 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission, please specify using CREDIT roles https://credit.niso.org/: N/A 8. Author contact information: N/A DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 1. Number of variables: N/A 2. Number of cases/rows: N/A 3. Variable List: N/A 4. Missing data codes: N/A 5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: N/A 6. Dictionaries/codebooks used: N/A 7. Controlled vocabularies/ontologies used: N/A