Table 2 Diagnosis of all variables with missing data in the global dataset.

From: A global dataset of gross nitrogen transformation rates across terrestrial ecosystems

Variable

Data type

Missing count

Missing (%)

Unique count

ID

numeric

0

0.0

1552

Authors*

character

0

0.0

205

Year

numeric

0

0.0

31

Publication

character

0

0.0

331

Journal

character

0

0.0

75

DOI

character

17

1.1

326

LONDD

numeric

0

0.0

581

LATDD

numeric

0

0.0

603

Climate

character

1067

68.8

58

Elevation

numeric

1020

65.7

150

MAP

numeric

376

24.2

286

MAT

numeric

525

33.8

173

KC18_MAP

numeric

0

0.0

491

KC18_MAT

numeric

0

0.0

527

KC18_main

character

0

0.0

5

KC18_sub

character

0

0.0

23

Ecosystem

character

6

0.4

8

Plant_dominant

character

386

24.9

382

Biome

character

0

0.0

9

Bio_leaf_grow

character

861

55.5

16

Bio_leaf_long

character

876

56.4

16

Leaf_grow

character

861

55.5

6

Leaf_long

character

876

56.4

6

Study_type

character

0

0.0

2

Ambient_N

numeric

1306

84.1

66

N_fertilized

logical

0

0.0

2

Soil_class

character

398

25.6

271

WRB_rsg

character

16

1.0

30

WRB_1qual

character

53

3.4

73

Soil_horiz

character

0

0.0

3

Top_cm

numeric

84

5.4

19

Bottom_cm

numeric

84

5.4

40

Soil_layer

character

82

5.3

3

Clay_orig

numeric

899

57.9

54

Silt_orig

numeric

945

60.9

75

Sand_orig

numeric

937

60.4

88

Soil_texture_orig

character

709

45.7

27

Clay_perc

numeric

945

60.9

52

Silt_perc

numeric

945

60.9

78

Sand_perc

numeric

945

60.9

90

Soil_texture_class

character

669

43.1

13

WHC

numeric

898

57.9

35

WFPS

numeric

362

23.3

87

Soil_pH

numeric

0

0.0

67

Soil_pH_class

character

0

0.0

9

TOC

numeric

138

8.9

597

TN

numeric

235

15.1

180

C_N

numeric

213

13.7

259

Ammonium

numeric

650

41.9

261

Nitrate

numeric

651

41.9

305

MBC

numeric

1201

77.4

297

MBN

numeric

1150

74.1

229

MBC_N

numeric

1286

82.9

134

NNM

numeric

1171

75.5

287

NNR

numeric

1204

77.6

248

GNM

numeric

105

6.8

818

GNR

numeric

286

18.4

612

GNRa

numeric

1191

76.7

260

GNRh

numeric

1207

77.8

127

DNRA

numeric

1157

74.5

100

INH4

numeric

658

42.4

522

INO3

numeric

744

47.9

286

INN

numeric

755

48.6

533

  1. This summary table was created by a data diagnostic function in R ‘dlookr’ package26.
  2. *Variable was filled by the last name of the first author, followed by ‘et al.’ if more than or equal to three authors, or the last names of both authors for two author papers. Note that some last names are in the exact same spelling. Please refer to the metadata of the dataset for more variable descriptions19.