Fungi and invertebrate environmental DNA detections in soil samples from 21 sites across England, 2023

This dataset contains percentages, counts and metrics of fungi, invertebrates, and soil invertebrates from 656 soil samples collected from 21 Forestry England and partner sites across England throughout 2023. The sites included an ancient woodland National Nature Reserve, sitka spruce monocultures, heather moorland and breck heath. Important sites for nature recovery were also sampled: New Forest, Forest of Dean, and Wild Ennerdale. The soil samples were collected as part of the Forestry England 2023 eDNA Survey. The primary aim of the survey was to establish a baseline in order to detect future change alongside reference sites. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/07c32201-c374-4432-a00b-832dedee571e本数据集收录了2023年全年从英格兰境内21个英国林业署（Forestry England）及其合作站点采集的656份土壤样本的相关数据，涵盖真菌、无脊椎动物及土壤无脊椎动物的占比、计数与各类指标。本次采样覆盖的站点类型包括一处古林地国家自然保护区、西加云杉（Sitka spruce）单一人工林、石楠荒原与布雷克灌丛荒原；同时还对自然恢复重点区域——新森林（New Forest）、迪恩森林（Forest of Dean）及威尔德恩代尔（Wild Ennerdale）开展了采样工作。本批次土壤样本为英国林业署2023年环境DNA（eDNA）调查项目的组成部分，该调查的核心目标是建立生态基准基线，以便后续结合对照站点监测未来生态变化。该数据集的完整详细信息可通过以下链接查阅：https://doi.org/10.5285/07c32201-c374-4432-a00b-832dedee571e