Dataset
Nutrient Network. A cross-site investigation of bottom-up control over herbaceous plant community dynamics and ecosystem function. - Experiment 247
Aboveground Standing Crop Biomass
Years Available: 2007 - 2020
Principle Investigators
Seabloom, Eric
Harpole, Stan
Borer, Elizabeth
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Environmental Data Initiative data package
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ATTRIBUTES
| Field | Name | Definition | Unit | Code |
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| 1 | year | year biomass observed | ||
| 2 | site_name | Expanded Nutrient Network site name | ||
| 3 | site_code | Nutrient Network site code | cdcr.us=Cedar Creek USA | |
| 4 | year_trt | plot treatment progression status | 0=pretreatment observation, 1=first observations after treatments, 2=2nd year after treatment, 3=3rd year after treatment, 4=4th year after treatment, 5=5th year after treatment, 6=6th year after treatment, 7=7th year after treatment | |
| 5 | trt | applied treatment combination | Control=no treatment, K=potassium, P=phosphate, N=nitrogen, PK=phosphate potassium, NK=nitrogen potassium, NP=nitrogen phosphate, NPK=nitrogen phosphate potassium, Fence=Fence, NPK Fence=nitrogen phosphate potassium fence | |
| 6 | block | block number | number | |
| 7 | plot | plot number | number | |
| 8 | subplot | subplot letter | ||
| 9 | N | Nitrogen treatment | 1=Nitrogen applied as timed-release urea [NH2)2CO2], 0=no N applied | |
| 10 | P | Phosphate treatment | 1=10 gramsPerMeterSquaredPerYear as triple-super phosphate [Ca(H2PO4)2], 0=no P applied | |
| 11 | K | Potassium AND initial micronutrient treatment | 1=10 gramsPerMeterSquaredPerYear as potassium sulfate [K2SO4] AND one-time application in treatment year 1 of 100 gramsPerMeterSquared of a micronutrient mix of Fe (15%) S (14%) Mg (1.5%) Mn (2.5%) Cu (1%) Zn (1%) B (0.2%) and Mo (0.05%), 0=no K or micronutrients applied | |
| 12 | Exclose | Fence enclosure treatment | 1=plot surrounded by 230-cm-tall fence with the lower 90 cm surrounded by 1-cm woven wire mesh (hardware cloth) with a 30-cm outward-facing flange, 0=no enclosure | |
| 13 | Nitrogen added to plot | Amount of nitrogen from fertilizer added to the plot | gramsPerMeterSquaredPerYear | |
| 14 | Aboveground biomass | dried mass (g/m2) | gramsPerSquareMeter | |
| 15 | category | plant functional group | ||
| 16 | live | plant biomass status | 1=live plant material, 0=litter standing dead or downed woody debris |
SAMPLE DATASET
| year | site_name | site_code | year_trt | trt | block | plot | subplot | N | P | K | Exclose | Nitrogen fertilizer added to plot | Aboveground biomass | category | live |
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| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | NPK+Fence | 1 | 1 | A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 36.1 | FORB | 1 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | NPK+Fence | 1 | 1 | A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 80.9 | GRAMINOID | 1 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | NPK+Fence | 1 | 1 | A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 123.85 | LITTER | 0 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | NP | 1 | 2 | A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16.8 | FORB | 1 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | NP | 1 | 2 | A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 187.250005 | GRAMINOID | 1 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | NP | 1 | 2 | A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 93.950005 | LITTER | 0 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | NPK | 1 | 3 | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4.15 | FORB | 1 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | NPK | 1 | 3 | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 44.25 | LITTER | 0 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | NPK | 1 | 3 | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 160.599995 | GRAMINOID | 1 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | K | 1 | 4 | B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.05 | LITTER | 0 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | K | 1 | 4 | B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82.45 | GRAMINOID | 1 |
| 2007 | Cedar Creek LTER | cdcr.us | 0 | K | 1 | 4 | B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.45 | FORB | 1 |
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