University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
College of Biological Sciences
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Dataset

Effects of Nitrogen on Vegetation Under Herbivore Pressure - Experiment 011


Plant aboveground biomass data

Years Available: 1984 - 1992

Principle Investigators

Inouye, Richard
Huntly, Nancy

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Environmental Data Initiative data package

EDI Package ID DOI
knb-lter-cdr.81.8
doi:10.6073/pasta/7c13367fdfc236f585eec93c549f4ad5

ATTRIBUTES

FieldNameDefinitionUnitCode
1Field number/letterField number/letter
2Experiment numberExperiment number
3Plot numberPlot number
4Nitrogen TreatmentNitrogen treatment applied twice per year5=8.0 g/m2; 7=25.0 g/m2; 9=0.0 g/m2
5Nitrogen fertilizer addition (g/m2/yr)Total annual nitrogen fertilizer additiongramsPerMeterSquaredPerYear
6Sampling date (YYMMDD)Sampling date (YYMMDD)
7Species NameSpecies Name
8Minimum plant height (cm)Minimum plant height (cm)centimeter
9Maximum plant height (cm)Maximum plant height (cm)centimeter
10Median plant height (cm)Median plant height (cm)centimeter
11Species Biomass (g/m2)Species Biomass (g/m2)gramsPerSquareMeter
12Species proportion of total biomassSpecies proportion of total biomassdimensionless
 

SAMPLE DATASET

Field number/letterExperiment numberPlot numberNitrogen TreatmentNitrogen fertilizer addition (g/m2/yr)Sampling date (YYMMDD)Species nameMinimum plant height (cm)Maximum plant height (cm)Median plant height (cm)Species Biomass (g/m2)Species proportion of total biomass
A111516840717Cladonia & lichens21.420
A111516840717Miscellaneous litter61.60
A111516840717Agrostis scabra2.547.237.110.9670.1906
A111516840717Aristida basiramea2.511.16.20.560.0097
A111516840717Poa pratensis1.612.68.50.2370.0041
A111516840717Ambrosia artemisiifolia elatior3.96.14.20.1630.0028
A111516840717Berteroa incana14.864.845.837.40.6499
A111516840717Erigeron canadensis77.87.40.090.0016
A111516840717Erigeron strigosus2.149.710.55.7730.1003
A111516840717Hedeoma hispida2.912.57.31.9370.0337
A111516840717Polygonum convolvulus2.853.90.4170.0072
A11290840717Miscellaneous litter270
            

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Effects of Nitrogen on Vegetation Under Herbivore Pressure: Plant aboveground biomass data

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