Soil fauna data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 2002-2003 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

This data set includes records of soil fauna sampled from the Sourhope experimental site in July and October 2002, and April, June and October 2003. These include collembola, spiders, slugs and beetles and a range of invertebrates captured by a variety of methods. 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: NT8545019630). 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/10.5285/787b4473-d40c-474f-be45-21c3a838fe6f

本数据集收录了2002年7月、10月及2003年4月、6月和10月从Sourhope实验站采集的土壤动物记录。其中包含弹尾目动物、蜘蛛、蛞蝓、甲虫等多种无脊椎动物，通过多种方法进行捕捉。数据收集于一项由英国自然环境研究委员会（NERC）土壤生物多样性项目资助的研究项目中。NERC土壤生物多样性专题项目成立于1999年，主要围绕位于苏格兰边界Macaulay土地利用研究所（现更名为James Hutton研究所）Sourhope农场的大型田间实验进行深入研究。实验期间，对场地进行了监测，以评估地上生物量生产（生产力）、物种组成及相对丰度（多样性）的变化。关于本数据集的详细信息可查阅https://doi.org/10.5285/787b4473-d40c-474f-be45-21c3a838fe6f