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Plant aboveground net primary productivity estimates (2021) and litter layer depth measurements (2018-2019) at five long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England
This dataset contains aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) estimates and litter layer depth measurements from five long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England between 2018 and 2021. Each metric was measured once at each site. Litter layer depth was measured between November 2018 and March 2019 . Leaves were sampled for ANPP estimates in 2021. Each land use contrast was assigned a grassland and a woodland plot respectively. Each of these plots was further divided into three grids (grassland grids 1 to 3 / woodland grids 4 to 6) with grids 1 and 6 being the furthest apart. The contrast boundary is between grids 3 and 4. In each plot, nine sampling locations were randomly sampled (three in each grid). The five land use contrasts were: Gisburn (Gisburn-1, Gisburn-2), Alice Holt, Wytham Woods, and Kielder Forest. ANPP (g dry mass m-2 yr-1) was estimated from measured leaf dry matter content of the two dominant species in each grassland and woodland plot. Litter layer depth (cm) was measured with a ruler in the field. ANPP estimates and litter layer depth measurements in this dataset are co-located with soil physical, chemical and biological properties (0-1 m), soil hydraulic measurements (soil water release curves and hydraulic conductivity), and earthworm counts and identification. A file is provided to connect all co-located measurements. This project was part of the UK-SCAPE programme which started in 2018 and was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council as National Capability (award number NE/R016429/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9156d263-4def-406d-bdc9-22a6821fe755
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-10-27
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9156d263-4def-406d-bdc9-22a6821fe755
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- doi: / 10.5285/9156d263-4def-406d-bdc9-22a6821fe755
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Smart, S.M., Cagnarini, C., Cosby, B.J., Emmett, B.A., Thomas, A., Reinsch, S. (2023). Plant aboveground net primary productivity estimates (2021) and litter layer depth measurements (2018-2019) at five long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/9156d263-4def-406d-bdc9-22a6821fe755
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Smart, S.M. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Cagnarini, C. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Cosby, B.J. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Emmett, B.A. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Thomas, A. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reinsch, S. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reinsch, S. Point of contact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Soil
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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aboveground net primary productivity
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litter layer depth
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woodland
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grassland
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UK-SCAPE
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SOC-D
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Smart, S.M., Cagnarini, C., Cosby, B.J., Emmett, B.A., Thomas, A., Reinsch, S. (2023). Plant aboveground net primary productivity estimates (2021) and litter layer depth measurements (2018-2019) at five long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9156d263-4def-406d-bdc9-22a6821fe755
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2018-11-01
- End date
- 2021-12-31
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- WGS 84
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/9156d263-4def-406d-bdc9-22a6821fe755 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/9156d263-4def-406d-bdc9-22a6821fe755.zip Supporting information
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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
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- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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To estimate ANPP, leaves of the two dominant species in grassland and woodland plots were sampled from grids 2 and 5 during peak plant growth. The leaves were dried at 80oC for 24 h and leaf dry matter content (LDMC) was calculated. The LDMC values were then used to estimate ANPP using the model by Smart et al. (2017). The litter layer depths were measured in most grids with a ruler at the time of soil sampling. Three measurements were recorded on field sheets and transferred to Microsoft Excel. The data were manipulated using R to calculate the mean and the data were exported as a .csv file .
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- 9156d263-4def-406d-bdc9-22a6821fe755 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:21:32
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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