GCEF 2014-2023 Ecosystem Multifunctionality Data

This dataset comprises data from the Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF) (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2635).

The data was obtained between 2014 and 2023.

Martin Schädler ([e-mail]) is the scientific coordinator of the GCEF.

Martin Schädler and Harald Auge ([e-mail]) designed the GCEF.

Martin Schädler, Thomas Reitz, Rui Yin, Harald Auge, Ines Merbach, Christiane Roscher, Stan Harpole, Evgenia Blagodatskaya, Julia Siebert, Marcel Ciobanu, and Nico Eisenhauer collected the data.

Friedrich Scherzinger ([e-mail]) compiled the dataset.

Some columns in the dataset are empty as they are placeholders for numerical data that will be filled during the data analysis process. They are left empty in the initial dataset to accommodate the subsequent analysis and to maintain the structure of the dataset.

For more information on how the data was obtained and on the context of its collection, please refer to Scherzinger et al. (2023). Sustainable land management enhances ecological and economic multifunctionality under ambient and future climate (pre-print).

Abbreviations used in the dataset:

LUT - land use type

EM - extensive meadow

EP - extensive pasture

IM - intensive meadow

CF - conventional farming

OF - organic farming

Climate - climate treatment

amb - ambient

fut - future

Yield - yield (€ / ha / yr)

TOC - total organic soil carbon (%) - data owners: Thomas Reitz, Evgenia Blagodatskaya

Nmin_Surplus - nitrogen surplus (g / m²)

Mic_Bio - microbial biomass (mg / kg soil) - data owner: Thomas Reitz

CEL - cellulase activity (nmol / h / g soil) - data owner: Thomas Reitz

NAG - N-acetylglucosaminidase activity (nmol / h / g soil) - data owner: Thomas Reitz

PHO - acid phosphatase activity (nmol / h / g soil) - data owner: Thomas Reitz

Decomp_Below - belowground decomposition rate (bait lamina) - data owner: Julia Siebert

Decomp_Above_Fine - aboveground decomposition rate (microbes) (K value) - data owner: Rui Yin

Decomp_Above_Coarse - aboveground decomposition rate (microbes + fauna) (K value) - data owner: Rui Yin

Biodiv_Meso - soil mesofauna diversity (Shannon-Index) - data owner: Rui Yin

Biodiv_Macro - soil macrofauna diversity (Shannon-Index) - data owner: Rui Yin

Biodiv_Nematode - soil nematode diversity (Shannon-Index) - data owner: Julia Siebert

Percentage_FlowCov - flower cover (%) - data owner: Martin Schädler 

DM_grains_machine - machine harvest yield total dry mass grains OF & CF (dt / ha) - data owners: Martin Schädler, Ines Merbach

DM_straw_machine - machine harvest yield total dry mass grains OF & CF (dt / ha) - data owners: Martin Schädler, Ines Merbach

DM_total_machine - machine harvest yield EM, EP & IM (dt / ha) - data owners: Martin Schädler, Ines Merbach

DM_total_manual - manual harvest yield EM, EP & IM (dt / ha) - data owners: Martin Schädler, Ines Merbach, Harald Auge

Nmin_Fertiliser_g_p_m2 - amount of mineral nitrogen fertiliser applied (g / m²)

Nmin_Conc_mg_p_kg - soil mineral nitrogen content (mg Nmin / kg soil) - data owner: Thomas Reitz

Nmin_Conc_g_p_m2 - mineral nitrogen content (g Nmin / m²)

Nmin_Deprivation_Harvest_g_m2 - mineral nitrogen deprivation through harvest (g Nmin / m²) - data owners: Christiane Roscher, Stan Harpole