977c422d-8529-432d-85d7-5de3c8dfdc5d 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 2025-11-13T16:16:55 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator Alpine grassland soil microbial and biogeochemical data from a climate change and shrub expansion experiment in Tyrol, Austria, July 2019 2021-04-28 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/977c422d-8529-432d-85d7-5de3c8dfdc5d 10.5285/977c422d-8529-432d-85d7-5de3c8dfdc5d doi: Broadbent, A.A.D., Bahn, M., Pritchard, W.J., Newbold, L., Goodall, T., Guinta, A., Snell, H.S.K., Cordero, I., Michas, A., Grant, H.K., Soto, D.X., Kaufmann, R., Schloter, M., Griffiths, R.I., Bardgett, R.D. (2021). Alpine grassland soil microbial and biogeochemical data from a climate change and shrub expansion experiment in Tyrol, Austria, July 2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/977c422d-8529-432d-85d7-5de3c8dfdc5d Data comprise soil microbial and biogeochemical data collected during a climate and vegetation change experiment conducted across three valleys in Tyrol, in the Austrian Alps. Sites were located near the villages of Obergurgl (lat., long. = 46.844833, 11.023783; mean elevation = 2279m), Soelden (46.978367, 10.972217, mean elevation = 2469m) and Vent (46.863217, 10.896800, mean elevation = 2472m). Soil microbial data include phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analyses, and bacterial (16S Small subunit ribosomal RNA) and fungal (internal transcribed spacer region 2) high throughput sequences. Soil biogeochemical data include soil extracellular enzyme activities, soil pH, gravimetric moisture content and various C and N pools and fluxes. The experiment was funded by NERC project NE/N009452/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/977c422d-8529-432d-85d7-5de3c8dfdc5d Broadbent, A.A.D. The University of Manchester arthur.broadbent@manchester.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8438-7163 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 Bahn, M. Innsbruck University michael.bahn@uibk.ac.at author Pritchard, W.J. The University of Manchester william.pritchard@manchester.ac.uk author Newbold, L. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Goodall, T. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Guinta, A. Innsbruck University adgiunta@gmail.com author Snell, H.S.K. The University of Manchester helsnell@hotmail.com author Cordero, I. The University of Manchester irene.cordero@manchester.ac.uk author Michas, A. Helmholtz Zentrum München antonios.michas@helmholtz-muenchen.de author Grant, H.K. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Soto, D.X. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Kaufmann, R. Innsbruck University ruediger.kaufmann@uibk.ac.at author Schloter, M. Helmholtz Zentrum München schloter@helmholtz-muenchen.de author Griffiths, R.I. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Bardgett, R.D. The University of Manchester richard.bardgett@manchester.ac.uk author University of Manchester EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Broadbent, A.A.D. The University of Manchester arthur.broadbent@manchester.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8438-7163 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 Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher notPlanned Soil theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication carbon nitrogen ammonium nitrate soil chemistry biomass microbial resource soil water GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Obergurgl Soelden Vent Austria GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Soil Climate and climate change dissolved organic nitrogen Ecosystem functions alpine Soil microbiome Microbial biomass Enzyme activity Urease activity Phospholipid-derived fatty acids (PLFA) Gravimetric soil water content otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Broadbent, A.A.D., Bahn, M., Pritchard, W.J., Newbold, L., Goodall, T., Guinta, A., Snell, H.S.K., Cordero, I., Michas, A., Grant, H.K., Soto, D.X., Kaufmann, R., Schloter, M., Griffiths, R.I., Bardgett, R.D. (2021). Alpine grassland soil microbial and biogeochemical data from a climate change and shrub expansion experiment in Tyrol, Austria, July 2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/977c422d-8529-432d-85d7-5de3c8dfdc5d textTable 10 English utf8 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 2019-07-01 2019-07-31 10.972 11.023 46.844 46.978 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/977c422d-8529-432d-85d7-5de3c8dfdc5d Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/977c422d-8529-432d-85d7-5de3c8dfdc5d.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information 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 All data were collected by the authors according to standardised protocols. Soil was sampled on 22nd - 24th July 2019 by taking soil cores (Ø = 2 cm, depth = 10 cm) using a steel corer from five random locations in each plot (plot size = 2m x 2m). Soil cores from the same plot were pooled and homogenised, any vegetation or litter was separated and discarded. Sub-samples (approx. 200 mg) were directly taken and lysed in the field for molecular analyses. Soil samples were sieved (4 mm), stored at 4°C for up to 2 weeks, and shipped to The University of Manchester (UK) Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Lab for extracellular soil enzyme and biogeochemical analyses. Lysed soil samples for molecular analyses were stored at -80°C and shipped to UKCEH Wallingford for DNA extraction and sequencing. We ensured all measured values fit within those of calibration standards. All calculations were checked for errors before data was accepted and data were checked for any anomalies.