Environmental Data: Long-term recovery of above-and belowground intera...
Description
This dataset contains all data, on which the following publication below is based. __Paper Citation:__ _Resch, M.C., Schütz, M., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Buc...
Citation
Resch, M. C., Schütz, M., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Buchmann, N., Frey, B., Graf, U., van der Putten, W. H., Zimmermann, S., Risch, A. C. (2021). Long-term recovery of above-and belowground interactions in restored grasslands. EnviDat. https://www.doi.org/10.16904/envidat.252.
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Soil properties
Plot.ID consecutive numbers for plots (in total 36 plots) Treatment One restoration treatment and two reference treatments. Topsoil+Propagules= Topsoil removal (upper 10-30 cm) combined with introduction of target plant species; Initial=intensively managed grasslands; Target= species-rich semi-wet to semi-dry grasslands treat.yr Treatment abbreviation. For restored grasslands: Treatment abbreviation + time since restoration; Initial + Target = NA yr.trt year when topsoil was removed; Initial + Target = NA Age time since restoration (sampling year 2018 - yr.trt); Initial + Target = NA Age.class restored sites of similar age grouped into four age classes. Y.4 = Year 3+4 (recently restored); Y.18 = Year 17+19 (mid-term); Y.24 = Year 23+25 (long-term); Y.30 = Year 27+32 (long-term); Initial + Target = NA Cluster clustered spatial arrangment of sites in the field (see Supporting Information Fig. S1) Site clustered spatial arrangment (replicates) of plots per site (see Supporting Information Fig. S1) N.pool Soil nitrogen pool (June 2017); corrected for bulk density and 12 cm sampling depth [kg ha-1 12cm-1] Corg.pool Soil organic carbon pool (June 2017); corrected for bulk density and 12 cm sampling depth [kg ha-1 12cm-1] pH soil pH [CaCl2] BD Bulk density [g cm-3] FC Field capacity [%] Veg.1 principle coordinate axis 1 (vegetation) Veg.1 principle coordinate axis 2 (vegetation) Nem.1 principle coordinate axis 1 (nematoda) Nem.2 principle coordinate axis 2 (nematoda) Fun.1 principle coordinate axis 1 (fungi) Fun.2 principle coordinate axis 2 (fungi) Prok.1 principle coordinate axis 1 (prokaryota) Prok.2 principle coordinate axis 2 (prokaryota) Veg.H Shannon diversity (vegetation) Nem.H Shannon diversity (nematoda) Fun.H Shannon diversity (fungi) Prok.H Shannon diversity (prokaryota)
Soil propertiesVegetation data
Plot.ID consecutive numbers for plots (in total 36 plots) Treatment One restoration treatment and two reference treatments. Topsoil+Propagules= Topsoil removal (upper 10-30 cm) combined with introduction of target plant species; Initial=intensively managed grasslands; Target= species-rich semi-wet to semi-dry grasslands treat.yr Treatment abbreviation. For restored grasslands: Treatment abbreviation + time since restoration; Initial + Target = NA yr.trt year when topsoil was removed; Initial + Target = NA Age time since restoration (sampling year 2018 - yr.trt); Initial + Target = NA Age.class restored sites of similar age grouped into four age classes. Y.4 = Year 3+4 (recently restored); Y.18 = Year 17+19 (mid-term); Y.24 = Year 23+25 (long-term); Y.30 = Year 27+32 (long-term); Initial + Target = NA Cluster clustered spatial arrangment of sites in the field (see Supporting Information Fig. S1) Site clustered spatial arrangment (replicates) of plots per site (see Supporting Information Fig. S1) column I-LW Plant abundance per species (in total 327 plant species) expressed as cover percentage estimation according to van der Maarel (vdM 1979; 7 classes: 1-7); nomenclature according to Lauber & Wagner (1996)
Vegetation dataNematode data
Sample.data Plot.ID consecutive numbers for plots (in total 36 plots) Treatment One restoration treatment and two reference treatments. Topsoil+Propagules= Topsoil removal (upper 10-30 cm) combined with introduction of target plant species; Initial=intensively managed grasslands; Target= species-rich semi-wet to semi-dry grasslands treat.yr Treatment abbreviation. For restored grasslands: Treatment abbreviation + time since restoration; Initial + Target = NA yr.trt year when topsoil was removed; Initial + Target = NA Age time since restoration (sampling year 2018 - yr.trt); Initial + Target = NA Age.class restored sites of similar age grouped into four age classes. Y.4 = Year 3+4 (recently restored); Y.18 = Year 17+19 (mid-term); Y.24 = Year 23+25 (long-term); Y.30 = Year 27+32 (long-term); Initial + Target = NA Cluster clustered spatial arrangment of sites in the field (see Supporting Information Fig. S1) Site clustered spatial arrangment (replicates) of plots per site (see Supporting Information Fig. S1) Taxonomy ASV.ID unit number.letter code per amplicon sequence variant (in total 904) Taxonomic rank Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species Abundance columns Plot.ID (see Sample.data) rows ASV.ID (see Taxonomy)
Nematode dataFungi data
Sample.data Plot.ID consecutive numbers for plots (in total 36 plots) Treatment One restoration treatment and two reference treatments. Topsoil+Propagules= Topsoil removal (upper 10-30 cm) combined with introduction of target plant species; Initial=intensively managed grasslands; Target= species-rich semi-wet to semi-dry grasslands treat.yr Treatment abbreviation. For restored grasslands: Treatment abbreviation + time since restoration; Initial + Target = NA yr.trt year when topsoil was removed; Initial + Target = NA Age time since restoration (sampling year 2018 - yr.trt); Initial + Target = NA Age.class restored sites of similar age grouped into four age classes. Y.4 = Year 3+4 (recently restored); Y.18 = Year 17+19 (mid-term); Y.24 = Year 23+25 (long-term); Y.30 = Year 27+32 (long-term); Initial + Target = NA Cluster clustered spatial arrangment of sites in the field (see Supporting Information Fig. S1) Site clustered spatial arrangment (replicates) of plots per site (see Supporting Information Fig. S1) Taxonomy OTU.ID consecutive numbers for operational taxonomic units (OTUe 1-7794) Taxonomic rank Domain, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species Abundance columns Plot.ID (see Sample.data) rows OTU.ID (see Taxonomy)
Fungi dataEcosystem coupling_interactions
Treatment Treatment groups; Y.4-18 = restored grasslands; Initial = intensively managed grasslands; Target = species-rich semi-wet to semi-dry grasslands Type Interactions type; A.A = abiotic.abiotic; A.B = abiotic.biotic; B.B = biotic.biotic Correlation non-parametric Spearman rank correlations between biotic and abiotic parameters (ecological interactions)
Ecosystem coupling_interactionsNetworks
Treatment Treatment groups; Y.4-18 = restored grasslands; Initial = intensively managed grasslands; Target = species-rich semi-wet to semi-dry grasslands Correlation non-parametric Spearman rank correlations Vertex.1+2 Comparison between network components; N.pool = total soil nitrogen pool [kg ha-1 12 cm-1]; Corg.pool = soil organic carbon pool [kg ha-1 12 cm-1], pH = soil pH [CaCl2]; BD = bulk density [g cm-3]; FC = field capacity [%] PCoA 1 + 2 biotic communities [Veg = vegetation; Nem = nematoda; Fun = fungi; Prok = prokaryota] Type Interactions type; A.A = abiotic.abiotic; A.B = abiotic.biotic; B.B = biotic.biotic
NetworksDistance to target results
Community biotic community (vegetation, nematoda, fungi, prokaryota) Treatment Treatment groups; Y.4-30= restored grasslands (time since restoration); Initial=intensively managed grasslands (I) Comparison within- or between-community Bray-Curtis dissimilarity distance comparison Label within-community distances of initial/restored grasslands: treatment abbreviation; between-communities distances of initial/restored-to-target grasslands: treatment abbreviation plus Target (T; species-rich grasslands) mean Mean distance to Target (6 plots per treatment group) sd Standard deviation of distances to Target (6 plots per treatment group)
Distance to target results