Data from: A survey of invasive plants on grassland soil microbial communities and ecosystem services

Invasive plants can cause changes in structure and function of the
ecosystem undergoing invasion. Any changes in ecosystem diversity and
community composition will likely alter ecosystem services provided by
that ecosystem.  However, how these ecosystem services may change
is poorly understood. To elucidate how these ecosystem services will
change with invasion, we sampled 561 plots undergoing invasion by smooth
brome (Bromus inermis) and four other invasive species at a native Rough
Fescue prairie located near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Soil and
plant surveys were undertaken weekly for 26 weeks beginning in May in 2014
until November 2014, or the growing season. We measured a suite of
ecosystem services, including greenhouse gasses, extracellular enzyme
function, forage production, glyphosate degradation and decomposition.
Furthermore, soil physical and chemical properties were measured, and soil
bacterial and fungal communities were sequenced. This is a large and
multifaceted dataset with complex temporal and spatial attributes that can
be used to answer numerous questions regarding the functioning of prairie
ecosystems and how invasive species will impact that
functioning.