Dataset

Biodiversity II: Effects of Plant Biodiversity on Population and Ecosystem Processes - Experiment 120

Plant aboveground biomass data

Years Available: 1996 - 2020

Principle Investigators

Tilman, David
Reich, Peter
Knops, Johannes
Wedin, David

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Environmental Data Initiative data package

EDI Package ID	DOI
knb-lter-cdr.273.10	doi:10.6073/pasta/7ef2de3865062d7352f7b20753ecd39b

ATTRIBUTES

Field	Name	Definition	Unit	Code
1	Exp	Experiment number
2	Year	Year
3	Month	Month of the year
4	Plot	Plot
5	Strip	Strip
6	Substrip	SubStrip Number
7	Date	Date
8	Species	Species
9	NumSp	Number of species planted in plot as specified by treatment	dimensionless
10	SpNum	Number of species planted in plot including seed contaminent and replacement for species belived to have bad seed	dimensionless
11	FgNum	Number of Functional groups planted	dimensionless
12	Fgset	Functional Groups planted		3= c3grass, 4 = c4 grass, L = Legume, F = Forbs, W = Woody
13	C3	C3 Group was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
14	C4	C4 Group was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
15	Forb	Forbs was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
16	Legume	Legume was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
17	Woody	Woody was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
18	Achmi	Achillea millefolium(lanulosa) was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
19	Agrsm	Agropyron smithii was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
20	Amoca	Amorpha canescens planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
21	Andge	Andropogon gerardi was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
22	Asctu	Asclepias tuberosa was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
23	Elyca	Elymus canadensis was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
24	Koecr	Koeleria cristata was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
25	Lesca	Lespedeza capitata was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
26	Liaas	Liatris aspera was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
27	Luppe	Lupinus perennis was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
28	Monfi	Monarda fistulosa was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
29	Panvi	Panicum virgatum was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
30	Petpu	Petalostemum purpureum was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
31	Poapr	Poa pratensis was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
32	Queel	Quercus ellipsoidalis was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
33	Quema	Quercus macrocarpa was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
34	Schsc	Schizachyrium scoparium was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
35	Sornu	Sorghastrum nutans was planted in plot		1=planted, 0=not planted
36	Biomass (g/m2)	Biomass Weight	gramsPerMeterSquared
37	Note	Notes

SAMPLE DATASET

Exp	Year	Month	Plot	Strip	Date	Species	NumSp	SpNum	FgNum	Fgset	C3	C4	Forb	Legume	Woody	Achmi	Agrsm	Amocan	Andge	Asctu	Elyca	Koecr	Lesca	Liaas	Luppe	Monfi	Panvi	Petpu	Poapr	Queel	Quema	Schsc	Sornu	Biomass (g/m2)
120	2001	6	2	1	2001-06-18	Unsorted biomass	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.367
120	2001	6	2	2	2001-06-18	Unsorted biomass	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.65
120	2001	6	2	3	2001-06-18	Miscellaneous litter	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.753
120	2001	6	2	3	2001-06-18	Elymus canadensis	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.022
120	2001	6	2	3	2001-06-18	Cyperus sp.	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.398
120	2001	6	2	3	2001-06-18	Lespedeza capitata	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61.542
120	2001	6	2	3	2001-06-18	Chenopodium leptophyllum	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.047
120	2001	6	2	3	2001-06-18	Crepis tectorum	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.038
120	2001	6	2	3	2001-06-18	Erigeron canadensis	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.113
120	2001	6	2	3	2001-06-18	Lepidium densiflorum	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.008
120	2001	6	2	3	2001-06-18	Polygonum convolvulus	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.797
120	2001	6	2	3	2001-06-18	Polygonum tenue	1	1	1	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.095

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