f200ea72-574d-44da-955c-de0fb024eafe 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 2025-11-13T16:19:27 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Litterfall data from Climoor fieldsite in Clocaenog Forest 1999 - 2011 2015-12-18 publication 1439565342456 CEH:EIDC: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f200ea72-574d-44da-955c-de0fb024eafe 10.5285/f200ea72-574d-44da-955c-de0fb024eafe doi: Reinsch, S., Sowerby, A., Emmett, B.A. (2015). Litterfall data from Climoor fieldsite in Clocaenog Forest 1999 - 2011. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/f200ea72-574d-44da-955c-de0fb024eafe This dataset includes litterfall data from the experimental plots at the Climoor field site in the Clocaenog forest, NE Wales. Litterfall (natural senesced plant material) was collected in litterfall traps (12 x 7.5cm pots standing slightly proud of the soil/litter surface, emptied monthly). Litterfall was calculated by drying the contents of the traps and weighing the samples; values were calculated for each quadrat (total weight (g) only) and for each plot (total weight (g) and weight per metre squared (g/m2)). Data spans the periods Oct 1999 to Jan 2004 and July 2008 to June 2011. Data was collected by CEH staff and PhD students trained in the use of the methods. Climoor is a climate change manipulation experiment that utilises automated roof technology to produce drought and warming experimental treatments that reflect climate change predictions for the next 20-30 years. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f200ea72-574d-44da-955c-de0fb024eafe Reinsch, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-0677 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 Sowerby, A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Emmett, B.A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-4389 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 NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner unknown Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Climate and climate change vegetation otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Reinsch, S., Sowerby, A., Emmett, B.A. (2015). Litterfall data from Climoor fieldsite in Clocaenog Forest 1999 - 2011. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f200ea72-574d-44da-955c-de0fb024eafe textTable English utf8 environment 1999-10-11 2011-06-14 -3.479 -3.391 53.033 53.077 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre enquiries@ceh.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/f200ea72-574d-44da-955c-de0fb024eafe.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset. See page 16 of supporting documentation. information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/f200ea72-574d-44da-955c-de0fb024eafe Download the data Get 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 Litterfall was estimated using litterfall traps. Traps measured 7.5 cm diameter and 12 were placed in each plot in 3 different quadrats (D3, E4 and E7). Traps were emptied on a monthly basis from 1999 to 2002. After 2002, litter was not emptied on a monthly basis, and occasionally was left out in the trap for a few months (this was for the same duration for all plots, ie there was always consistency across the treatments). Once collected in, the litterfall was first air dried before removal from the trap. Litter was pooled for each of quadrats (for example, the litter collected from the four pots in each quadrat was pooled, so you would end up with samples from plot 1 quadrat D3, plot 1 quadrat E4 and plot 1 quadrat E7, and so on) prior to oven drying at 75 oC overnight and weighing. Data processing Data was manually typed into and stored in an MASTER Excel file. Mean litterfall per quadrat was calculated for each plot (ie the mean of the weight of litter collected in D3, E4 and E7). Data was then multiplied by 56.6 to convert data into the units g litter m-2.