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Ecosystem function data from Winklebury Hill, UK, in 2013
This dataset contains nitrate and ammonium concentrations, nitrification and mineralisation rates, particle size and microbial biomass data from soils taken from an experiment based at Winklebury Hill, UK. The experiment used seeds and plug plants to create different plant communities on the bare chalk on Winklebury Hill and tested the resulting carbon and nutrient cycling rates and compared these to the characteristics of different plant functional groups. The experiment ran from 2013 to 2016 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/b8e9c03e-4b71-4e3b-9110-820b7bc0bac7
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- Date (Publication)
- 2017-01-10
- Date (Creation)
- 2013-12-31
- Identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/b8e9c03e-4b71-4e3b-9110-820b7bc0bac7
- Other citation details
- Fry, E.L., Hall, A.L., Savage, J., Bardgett, R.D., Ostle, N., Pywell, R.F., Bullock, J.M. (2017). Ecosystem function data from Winklebury Hill, UK, in 2013. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/b8e9c03e-4b71-4e3b-9110-820b7bc0bac7
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
- GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
- Keywords
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- Soil
- bulk density
- Wessex BESS
- microbial biomass
- nitrification rate
- mineralisation rate
- particle size
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- 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 data from Winklebury Hill, UK, in 2013. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b8e9c03e-4b71-4e3b-9110-820b7bc0bac7
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- textTable Text, table
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- utf8 UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2013-01-01
- End date
- 2013-12-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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- dataset Dataset
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- dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- KCl extractable N and potential mineralisation were measured using an autoanalyser, running 5% analytical replicates, recalibration (at 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 ppm) and blanks every 20 samples. Extracts were adjusted for soil moisture. Standardised protocols were followed in all cases, details of which can be found in the supporting documentation.
- File identifier
- b8e9c03e-4b71-4e3b-9110-820b7bc0bac7 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:23:07
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
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Lancaster
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LA1 4AP
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UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
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