Dataset_Vegetation, Arthropod Fauna, and Carabids on extensive and intensive managed grasslands

Three tables on vegetation, arthropod fauna and carabids  on sown out and extensivley managed sites compared to intensivley managed sites along the Emscher and lippe river, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Sowing = Sown out and extensively managed sites (max. 2 cuts per year).

Control_sowing = intensivly managed control sites (4-6 cuts per year with mulching).

s = Change to extensive management within the last 2 years.

l = Change to extensive management 5 years or longer ago.

site = "sampling site"_"Plot number"

sample = "site"_"sampling period" (1 = May, 2 = June, 3 = August 2023)

seedmix = % species in the sown seedmix

missing = Pitfall traps that were installed but missing after time in the field