Ecosystem function and vegetation data from Parsonage Down, UK, in 2013

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• Last updated: 16 February 2023
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This dataset contains vegetation survey data and nitrate and ammonium concentrations, microbial biomass data, particle size, and nitrification and mineralisation rates within soils from an experiment based at Parsonage Down, UK. The vegetation survey comprises total species percentage cover and species richness data from four 50 cm by 50 cm quadrats. The experiment investigated the effect of different plant groups on soil carbon stores and nutrient cycling, by using a mixture of hand weeding and herbicide spot spraying to create different plant communities on the species rich grassland at Parsonage Down. The resulting carbon and nutrient cycling rates were compared to the characteristics of the plant groups. The experiment ran from 2013 to 2015 and this dataset contains data from 2013 only. This experiment was part of the Wessex BESS project, a six-year (2011-2017) project aimed at understanding how biodiversity underpins the ecosystem functions and services that landscapes provide. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4c7c9343-0624-4249-9ab2-183d49d41fe6

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2022-05-20T10:40:44
• Access contraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Fry, E.L., Hall, A.L., Savage, J., Bardgett, R.D., Ostle, N., Pywell, R.F., Bullock, J.M. (2017). Ecosystem function and vegetation data from Parsonage Down, UK, in 2013. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/4c7c9343-0624-4249-9ab2-183d49d41fe6
• Harvest GUID: 4c7c9343-0624-4249-9ab2-183d49d41fe6
• Extent: Latitude: 51.183° to 51.165°
• Extent: Longitude: -1.955° to -1.897°
• Dataset reference date: 2017-01-10 (publication)
• Dataset reference date: 2013-12-31 (creation)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: University of Manchester (pointOfContact, resourceProvider, author); Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (author); Lancaster University (author); NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre (custodian); NERC Environmental Information Data Centre (publisher)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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