Earthworm data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999 and 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

This set of data describes earthworm diversity in soil samples taken at the Sourhope experimental site in 1999 and 2001 by the Universities of Glasgow and Dundee. Data were collected during a project funded under the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme. The NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/649d6c94-1fe9-4b39-914a-d1d59bbbd419本数据集记录了1999年与2001年，由格拉斯哥大学（University of Glasgow）、邓迪大学（University of Dundee）在索尔霍普试验站点（Sourhope experimental site）采集的土壤样本中的蚯蚓多样性情况。数据采集工作依托由自然环境研究委员会（Natural Environment Research Council, NERC）土壤生物多样性项目资助的研究课题完成。该NERC土壤生物多样性主题项目于1999年启动，核心任务为对苏格兰边境地区索尔霍普农场的大型田间试验开展深入研究，该农场原隶属于麦考利土地利用研究所，现更名为詹姆斯赫顿研究所（James Hutton Institute），试验站点的网格参考编号为NT 8545 1963。试验期间，研究人员对该站点进行监测，以评估地上生物量产量（生产力）、物种组成及相对丰度（多样性）的变化情况。本数据集的完整详情可通过以下链接获取：https://doi.org/10.5285/649d6c94-1fe9-4b39-914a-d1d59bbbd419