fbcfc877-a38e-4c26-8d8b-7226392493db English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:15:17 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator Soil nutrients, bulk density and pyrogenic carbon in permanent monitoring plots along altitudinal and forest perturbation gradients in the Colombian Andes, 2019-2022 2023-09-11 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/fbcfc877-a38e-4c26-8d8b-7226392493db 10.5285/fbcfc877-a38e-4c26-8d8b-7226392493db doi: Montes-Pulido, C., Feldpausch, T.R., Pennington, T., Bird, M., Quesada, C. (2023). Soil nutrients, bulk density and pyrogenic carbon in permanent monitoring plots along altitudinal and forest perturbation gradients in the Colombian Andes, 2019-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/fbcfc877-a38e-4c26-8d8b-7226392493db The dataset contains information on soil nutrients including pH, available phosphorus, total phosphorus, texture analysis in sand, clay and silt, and exchangeable Ca, Mg, K, Na. Soil pyrogenic carbon, including Total Organic Carbon (TOC) (%C_(Bulk)), pyrogenic carbon D13C (lower, median, and upper), pyrogenic carbon (Cpyc), Cpyc%/CBulk, organic carbon and soil bulk density and dry weight of roots. The datasets include information about the plot location and parameters of the locality. The data were collected between 2019 and 2022 from 27 forest monitoring plots (0.5 ha each) in five locations along an altitudinal (lowland, mid-elevation, and highland forests) and forest perturbation (low, medium, and high perturbation levels) gradient in Andean ecosystems in Colombia. The objective of this data collection was to determine the change in soil characteristics between the disturbance gradients. This information is important for understanding the drivers of variation in forest resilience and the impacts of disturbance on ecosystem functioning. This data set was obtained within the framework of the BioResilience project, a transdisciplinary investigation that seeks to understand the Resilience of forest ecosystems after the post-conflict period in Colombia. This research was supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council Fund (NE/R017980/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fbcfc877-a38e-4c26-8d8b-7226392493db Montes-Pulido, C. Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia carmen.montes@unad.edu.co https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1560-3464 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Feldpausch, T.R. University of Exeter T.R.Feldpausch@exeter.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-7962 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Pennington, T. University of Exeter T.Pennington@exeter.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8196-288X ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Bird, M. James Cook University michael.bird@jcu.edu.au https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1801-8703 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Quesada, C. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia quesada.beto@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7178-9713 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Montes-Pulido, C. Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia carmen.montes@unad.edu.co https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1560-3464 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact Feldpausch, T.R. University of Exeter T.R.Feldpausch@exeter.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-7962 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher University of Exeter T.R.Feldpausch@exeter.ac.uk owner carbon forest ecology soil GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation altitudinal gradient Colombian Andean Human modified tropical forests Altitudinal gradient Human perturbation gradient Soil nutrients Bulk density Pyrogenic carbon Dry weight roots otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Montes-Pulido, C., Feldpausch, T.R., Pennington, T., Bird, M., Quesada, C. (2023). Soil nutrients, bulk density and pyrogenic carbon in permanent monitoring plots along altitudinal and forest perturbation gradients in the Colombian Andes, 2019-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/fbcfc877-a38e-4c26-8d8b-7226392493db textTable English utf8 biota 2019-01-01 2022-12-31 -76.19 -74.103 4.409 6.61 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/fbcfc877-a38e-4c26-8d8b-7226392493db.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/fbcfc877-a38e-4c26-8d8b-7226392493db Download the data Download a copy of this data download dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Samples were analyzed in the laboratory of the National Open and Distance University (UNAD), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, and James Cook University. Total Organic Carbon (TOC) was calculated by elemental analysis using a Costech ECS-4010 with a zero blank autosampler. Pyrogenic carbon (Cpyc) was analyzed via hydrogen pyrolysis (HyPy). The ratio of pyrogenic carbon to total organic carbon (Cpyc%/CBulk) was determined by elemental analysis following HyPy, which quantifies the Stable Polycyclic Aromatic Carbon component of total PyC in a sample. Soil pH was determined by 10 grams of fine earth shaken with 25 ml of water for 1 hour on a circular shaker, followed by a 1-hour rest period. The pH of the supernatant was then measured using an automatic probe. Available phosphorus (p_available) were analyzed for a sequential extraction with reagents of increasing strength. The first step being resin extractable P, followed by 0.5 M NaHCO3,0.1MNaOH and 1M HCl. Total phosphorus (tot_p) was calculated by acid digestion using concentrate sulfuric acid followed by H2O2. Particle size analysis was undertaken using the Boyoucos method. 50 g of fine earth was first treated with physical and chemical dispersants and then separated into sand (particle sizes between 0.05 and 2 mm),silt (particle sizes between 0.002 mm and 0.05mm) and clay contents (particle sizes<0.002 mm) by the means of a series of hygrometer readings in a settling soil solution. Exchangeable Ca, Mg, K and Na were determined by the silver thiourea method (Ag-TU). This method allows an appropriate one-step centrifuge extraction using 0.01 M Ag-TU solution, which achieves complete cation exchange. Samples for bulk density determinations were oven dried until constant weight, cooled to room temperature in a sealed desiccant before final weight determinations were made.