Dataset

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

Root biomass data

Years Available: 1997 - 2015

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.270.8	doi:10.6073/pasta/0479da667672693c3cf2a6b2c8d14002

ATTRIBUTES

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

SAMPLE DATASET

Year	Plot	Date	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	RootBio (g/m^2)
1997	2	1997-08-05	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	213.8
1997	3	1997-08-05	4	5	2	4F	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	690.73
1997	5	1997-08-05	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	980.19
1997	6	1997-08-05	2	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	672.64
1997	9	1997-08-05	16	17	5	34FLW	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	963.74
1997	11	1997-08-05	1	1	1	F	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1758.08
1997	12	1997-08-05	8	10	4	34FL	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1141.36
1997	14	1997-08-05	2	2	1	F	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	570.68
1997	15	1997-08-05	8	10	4	3FLW	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	907.82
1997	16	1997-08-05	1	1	1	F	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	730.2
1997	26	1997-08-05	4	4	3	34L	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2529.4
1997	22	1997-08-06	8	10	4	3FLW	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	409.51

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