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Aboveground plant biomass and soil respiration for seven European shrublands under drought and warming manipulations (1998-2012)
The data consists of annual measurements of standing aboveground plant biomass, annual aboveground net primary productivity and annual soil respiration between 1998 and 2012. Data were collected from seven European shrublands that were subject to the climate manipulations drought and warming. Sites were located in the United Kingdom (UK), the Netherlands (NL), Denmark ( two sites, DK-B and DK-M), Hungary (HU), Spain (SP) and Italy (IT). All field sites consisted of untreated control plots, plots where the plant canopy air is artificially warmed during night time hours, and plots where rainfall is excluded from the plots at least during the plants growing season. Standing aboveground plant biomass (grams biomass per square metre) was measured in two undisturbed areas within the plots using the pin-point method (UK, DK-M, DK-B), or along a transect (IT, SP, HU, NL). Aboveground net primary productivity was calculated from measurements of standing aboveground plant biomass estimates and litterfall measurements. Soil respiration was measured in pre-installed opaque soil collars bi-weekly, monthly, or in measurement campaigns (SP only). The datasets provided are the basis for the data analysis presented in Reinsch et al. (2017) Shrubland primary production and soil respiration diverge along European climate gradient. Scientific Reports 7:43952 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43952 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b902e25a-ffec-446f-a270-03cc2501fe1d
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- Date (Publication)
- 2017-09-21
- Date (Creation)
- 2012-07-31
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/b902e25a-ffec-446f-a270-03cc2501fe1d
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- doi: / 10.5285/b902e25a-ffec-446f-a270-03cc2501fe1d
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Reinsch, S., Koller, E., Sowerby, A., de Dato, G., Estiarte, M., Guidolotti, G., Kovács-Láng, E., Kröel-Dula, G., Lellei-Kovács, E., Larsen, K.S., Liberati, D., Ogaya, R., Peñuelas, J., Ransijn, J., Robinson, D.A., Schmidt, I.K., Smith, A.R., Tietema, A., Dukes, J.S., Beier, C., Emmett, B.A. (2017). Aboveground plant biomass and soil respiration for seven European shrublands under drought and warming manipulations (1998-2012). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/b902e25a-ffec-446f-a270-03cc2501fe1d
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reinsch, S. Author Bangor University Koller, E.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Sowerby, A.
Author CREA-SEL/DIBAF
de Dato, G.
Author CREAF-CSIC-UAB/CREAF
Estiarte, M.
Author IBAF
Guidolotti, G.
Author MTA Centre for Ecological Research Kovács-Láng, E.
Author MTA Centre for Ecological Research Kröel-Dula, G.
Author MTA Centre for Ecological Research Lellei-Kovács, E.
Author University of Copenhagen Larsen, K.S.
Author DIBAF
Liberati, D.
Author CREAF Ogaya, R.
Author CREAF-CSIC-UAB/CREAF
Peñuelas, J.
Author University of Copenhagen/University of Bayreuth
Ransijn, J.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Robinson, D.A. Author University of Copenhagen Schmidt, I.K.
Author Bangor University Smith, A.R.
Author University of Amsterdam Tietema, A.
Author Purdue University
Dukes, J.S.
Author University of Copenhagen Beier, C.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Emmett, B.A. Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reinsch, S.
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- Soil
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Pin-pint
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climate gradient
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Shrubland
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warming
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Soil respiration
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standing biomass
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aboveground primary productivity
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Reinsch, S., Koller, E., Sowerby, A., de Dato, G., Estiarte, M., Guidolotti, G., Kovács-Láng, E., Kröel-Dula, G., Lellei-Kovács, E., Larsen, K.S., Liberati, D., Ogaya, R., Peñuelas, J., Ransijn, J., Robinson, D.A., Schmidt, I.K., Smith, A.R., Tietema, A., Dukes, J.S., Beier, C., Emmett, B.A. (2017). Aboveground plant biomass and soil respiration for seven European shrublands under drought and warming manipulations (1998-2012). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b902e25a-ffec-446f-a270-03cc2501fe1d
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- English
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- Environment
- Biota
- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 1998-07-15
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- 2012-07-15
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- WGS 84
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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/b902e25a-ffec-446f-a270-03cc2501fe1d Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/b902e25a-ffec-446f-a270-03cc2501fe1d.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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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Standing biomass was measured using the non-destructive pin-point method to assess aboveground biomass. Measurements were conducted at the state of peak biomass specific for each site. Litterfall was measured annually using litterfall traps. Litter collected in the traps was dried and the weight was measured. Aboveground biomass productivity was estimated as the difference between the measured standing biomass in year x minus the standing biomass measured the previous year. Soil respiration was measured bi-weekly or monthly, or in campaigns (Spain only). It was measured on permanently installed soil collars in treatment plots. The Gaussen Index of Aridity (an index that combines information on rainfall and temperature) was calculated using mean annual precipitation, mean annual temperature. The reduction in precipitation and increase in temperature for each site was used to calculate the Gaussen Index for the climate treatments for each site. Data of standing biomass and soil respiration was provided by the site responsible. Data from all sites were collated into one data file for data analysis. A summary data set was combined with information on the Gaussen Index of Aridity Data were then exported from these Excel spreadsheet to .csv files for ingestion into the EIDC.
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- b902e25a-ffec-446f-a270-03cc2501fe1d XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:16:55
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- 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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