Root and leaf phenology of Scandinavian subarctic plant communities, 2008-2009

This dataset consists of measurements of leaf and root growth, species abundance and soil temperature made in ten subarctic plant communities located at the Arctic Biosphere Atmosphere Coupling at Multiple Scales (ABACUS) project sites near to Abisko, Sweden, and Kevo, Finland. The data were collected during the summer growing seasons (May to September) in 2008 and 2009, and comprise field survey measurements, temperature logs and values derived from analyses of mini-rhizotron images. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/887a5e91-93be-4f5d-8674-b2d22a1ae8ae

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Metadata Language: English (en)

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2015-12-02

Identifier: CEH:EIDC: / 1442850989501

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/887a5e91-93be-4f5d-8674-b2d22a1ae8ae

Identifier: doi: / 10.5285/887a5e91-93be-4f5d-8674-b2d22a1ae8ae

Other citation details: Sloan, V.L, Fletcher, B.J, Phoenix, G.K (2015). Root and leaf phenology of Scandinavian subarctic plant communities, 2008-2009. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/887a5e91-93be-4f5d-8674-b2d22a1ae8ae

University of Bristol - Dr Victoria Sloan

University of Bristol - Sloan, V.L

University of Sheffield - Fletcher, B.J

University of Sheffield - Phoenix, G.K

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

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Keywords

Phenology
leaf phenology
root phenology
subarctic
birch forest
tall shrub
dwarf shrub
sedge
tundra
community composition
soil temperature
seasonal dynamics

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Sloan, V.L, Fletcher, B.J, Phoenix, G.K (2015). Root and leaf phenology of Scandinavian subarctic plant communities, 2008-2009. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/887a5e91-93be-4f5d-8674-b2d22a1ae8ae

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Topic category

Biota

Begin date: 2008-04-01

End date: 2009-09-30

Code: WGS 84

Distribution Information

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Resource Locator: Related dataset in BADC catalogue
Plants Data from the ABACUS Work Package 1 using plant harvesting equipment in Abisko (Sweden) and Kevo (Finland)

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Resource Locator: Related dataset in BADC catalogue
Plants Data from the ABACUS Work Package 1 using plant harvesting equipment in Abisko (Sweden) and Kevo (Finland)

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Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: At each field site, eight replicate 1 x 1 m plots were established in five subarctic vegetation communities representative of the wider landscape, including birch forest, forest margin, tall and dwarf shrub tundra communities and sedge lawns. Each plot had a mini-rhizotron (0.3x0.7 m length of 70 mm diameter clear acrylic tubing) installed at 45o and shoots of the dominant plant species tagged with numbered cable ties. In 2008 in Kevo and 2009 in Abisko, length of all tagged shoots was recorded approximately weekly during the growing season, and a weekly 360o scan of all mini-rhizotrons taken with a CID-600 root scanner (CID Bioscience, Camas, Washington, USA). Root length was obtained from the scanned images by manually digitising visible roots using MapInfo Professional v. 8.0 software (Pitney Bowes Business Insight, New York, USA). Percentage cover of all species was estimated once at peak biomass in early August by a single surveyor, using a 0.75 x 0.75 m quadrat placed over each mini-rhizotron. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was obtained from one TinyTag data logger (Gemini Data Loggers (UK) Ltd, Chichester, UK) per community, recording at 30 minute intervals. Additional soil temperature measurements at 5, 10, 15 and 20 cm depth were made weekly using a hand-held probe (Testo Ltd, Alton, UK). For further details of all measurements and data processing steps, see supporting documentation.

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File identifier: 887a5e91-93be-4f5d-8674-b2d22a1ae8ae XML

Metadata Language: English (en)

Character set: ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1)

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Metadata Date: 2023-08-01T11:55:08

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK

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