Earthworm and botanical data from the Sweethope mesocosm experimental site, Sourhope, Scotland, 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

This dataset comprises botanical composition and earthworm species and abundance data, sampled from a mesocosm experiment (named Sweethope) in October 2001. The mesocosm site replicated the layout of the main experimental plots at the NERC Soil Biodiversity site at Sourhope, Scotland and was established to avoid contaminating the main Sourhope plots. The NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ca8f85c5-0595-4fda-80e5-4f41839effed

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Date (Publication)
2018-03-19
Date (Creation)
2001-10-17
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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ca8f85c5-0595-4fda-80e5-4f41839effed
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doi: / 10.5285/ca8f85c5-0595-4fda-80e5-4f41839effed
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Spring, C.A., Bishop, H.O., Pawlett, M., Robinson, C.H., Grieve, I.C., Chudek, J.A., Hopkins, D.W., Harris, J.A., Davidson, D.A. (2018). Earthworm and botanical data from the Sweethope mesocosm experimental site, Sourhope, Scotland, 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ca8f85c5-0595-4fda-80e5-4f41839effed
Author
  University of Stirling - Spring, C.A.
Author
  University of Stirling - Bishop, H.O.
Author
  University of East London - Pawlett, M.
Author
  University of London - Robinson, C.H.
Author
  University of Stirling - Grieve, I.C.
Author
  University of Dundee - Chudek, J.A.
Author
  University of Stirling - Hopkins, D.W.
Author
  Cranfield University - Harris, J.A.
Author
  University of Stirling - Davidson, D.A.
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Sier, A.
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  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Spring, C.A., Bishop, H.O., Pawlett, M., Robinson, C.H., Grieve, I.C., Chudek, J.A., Hopkins, D.W., Harris, J.A., Davidson, D.A. (2018). Earthworm and botanical data from the Sweethope mesocosm experimental site, Sourhope, Scotland, 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ca8f85c5-0595-4fda-80e5-4f41839effed
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  • Biota
  • Environment
Begin date
2001-10-16
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2001-10-16
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2010-12-08
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Data were collected as part of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme, which was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). Soil samples were collected by students and staff at the experimental site before being processed according to standard protocols, with the data then being transferred to the programme data manager at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
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