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Warner, E.; Heeney, W.; Bowen, D.; Crowley, L.

Invertebrate and plant biodiversity data from a woodland creation experiment, collected two years post-establishment, Wales, 2023

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https://doi.org/10.5285/dea46de1-9072-4342-b944-e485ccc1324a
This dataset contains biodiversity data focussing on invertebrates (soil, ground, tree canopy), and plants collected from The Carbon Community woodland creation experiment in Wales. This includes measurements from 72 plots, covering experimental treatment combinations of woodland type (native broadleaf vs sitka spruce), enhanced weathering (with/without basalt addition), and soil microbiome inoculation (with/without soil from mature habitat type), compared to a grassland control treatment.
The experiment was established in April 2021 and aims to assess strategies for maximising woodland carbon storage. The biodiversity data from each experimental plot was collected in summer 2023.
Publication date: 2024-09-26
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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2021-04-01    to    2023-08-31

Provenance & quality

The experiment has a randomised blocked design, with 8 blocks of the 9 treatments, giving a total of 72 replicate plots.
Invertebrate samples were collected from the soil (invertebrates extracted from soil cores using Tullgren funnels), ground layer (pitfall trapping) and tree canopy (beating) in June/July 2023. Invertebrates were identified to a minimum of Order in the lab in autumn/winter 2023. All carabid beetles from the pitfall trap samples were identified to species.
Plant data was recorded directly in the field in June/July 2023, with percentage cover estimates assigned using the DOMIN scale.

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This dataset is under embargo and will be made available by 1 December 2025 at the latest   Find out more »

This dataset will be available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Warner, E.; Heeney, W.; Bowen, D.; Crowley, L. (2024). Invertebrate and plant biodiversity data from a woodland creation experiment, collected two years post-establishment, Wales, 2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/dea46de1-9072-4342-b944-e485ccc1324a

Correspondence/contact details

Warner, E.
University of Oxford
Oxford
UNITED KINGDOM
 emily.warner@biology.ox.ac.uk

Authors

Warner, E.
University of Oxford
Heeney, W.
University of Oxford
Bowen, D.
University of Oxford
Crowley, L.
University of Oxford

Other contacts

Rights holder
University of Oxford
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
Biodiversity , enhanced weathering , Environmental survey , invertebrates , plant biodiversity , soil carbon , soil microbiome inoculation , The Carbon Community , woodland and forest
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/W004976/1
Leverhulme Trust
Last updated
02 October 2024 10:26