Soil treatment data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999-2002 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

This data set details the range of treatments applied to experimental plots at a field site at Sourhope, Scotland, between 1999 and 2004. The data can be used in conjunction with other experimental data sets from the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme site as an explanatory variable. 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/a83ca49d-a78d-4c64-a646-68e44438a2b6

本数据集详尽描述了自1999年至2004年间在苏格兰Sourhope实验场地对实验地块所施用的各类处理方法。此数据集可与NERC土壤生物多样性主题项目站点的其他实验数据集相结合，作为解释变量使用。NERC土壤生物多样性主题项目始于1999年，主要围绕位于苏格兰边界Macaulay土地利用研究学院（现更名为詹姆斯·哈顿研究所）Sourhope农场的大型田间实验进行了深入研究（坐标：NT8545019630）。在实验期间，该场地被持续监测，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/a83ca49d-a78d-4c64-a646-68e44438a2b6。