Temperate agroforestry and monoculture - roots, gross N mineralization, microbial biomass C and N, trace gases, water storage, nutrient leaching

This dataset contains soil functional characteristics collected between 2016 and 2017 on five sites of cropland and grassland agroforestry and adjacent monocultures in Germany. Four replicates each were measured within the tree row and at 1m, 4m, 7m and/or 24m distances from the tree row in agroforestry, as well as in the monocultures. Research domain: Ecology of Agricultural Landscapes Research question: Does temperate agroforestry have an advantage over monocultures in providing soil functions? Dataset version 1.0