Impact of grassland management on biomass production and nutritional quality, invertebrate communities, and soil health in Berkshire (UK) 2009-2012
type: Dataset
citation: Savage, J., Woodcock, B.A., Bullock, J.M., Peyton, J., Hulmes, S., Hulmes, L., Nowakowski, M., Pywell, R.F. (2019). Impact of grassland management on biomass production and nutritional quality, invertebrate communities, and soil health in Berkshire (UK) 2009-2012. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/984b1001-82f1-4ba0-aa1e-412f85d9d24f
description: The dataset describes the effects of different management techniques on grassland biomass production (dry matter yield), nutritional quality (herbage nitrogen content), pollinator communities (abundance and species richness), predatory beetle communities (abundance, species richness and biomass), and soil health (bulk density, total soil carbon and nitrogen). Data was collected from a site in Berkshire (UK), where a field-scale, randomised block experiment had been implemented to investigate how the establishment of a variety of plant functional groups (grasses, legumes, and other flowering forbs) using different cultivation (minimum tillage and deep ploughing) and management (cutting, grazing and their intensity) techniques, affected the provision of various ecosystem services.
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date published: 2019-03-29
keywords: forbs
keywords: legumes
keywords: natural pest control
keywords: sustainable intensification
keywords: Agriculture
keywords: Land use
keywords: Pollinators
keywords: Soil
keywords: Biodiversity
keywords: Ecosystem services
keywords: Berkshire
keywords: grass
keywords: grassland
keywords: pest control
creator: Savage, J.
creator: Woodcock, B.A.
creator: Bullock, J.M.
creator: Peyton, J.
creator: Hulmes, S.
creator: Hulmes, L.
creator: Nowakowski, M.
creator: Pywell, R.F.
temporal coverage: 2009-01-01/2012-12-31
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funding: fund0
license: Open Government Licence v3
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publisher: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
provider: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
included in data catalog: Environmental Information Data Centre

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Savage, J.
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family name: Savage
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affiliation: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Woodcock, B.A.
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Bullock, J.M.
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Peyton, J.
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Hulmes, S.
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Hulmes, L.
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Nowakowski, M.
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Pywell, R.F.
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family name: Pywell
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affiliation: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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