Upland grassland habitats and agri-environment schemes change soil microarthopod abundance

This dataset contains invertebrate and plant survey data described in the paper: \"Arnott, A., Riddell, G., Emmerson, M., Caruso, T., Reid, N. (2021)  Upland grassland habitats and agri-environment schemes change soil microarthopod abundance. J. Appl. Ecol\"

This study tested the effects of agri-environment scheme (AES) management of upland grasslands on soil microarthopod communities using a large-scale factorial field experiment across 90 field sites. Invertebrate families were extracted using Tullgren funnels, plant species were identified from quadrats randomly placed in each field.

The study focused on soil microarthropods with distinct taxa specific responses observed. Main results from the study suggest that in upland grasslands the impact of AES measures on belowground soil biota are context-dependent (differing between contrasting grassland types), and taxa specific, rather than leading to general increases in biodiversity, and that the responses of soil microarthropods are...

本数据集涵盖无脊椎动物（invertebrate）与植物调查数据，相关研究论文为：Arnott, A., Riddell, G., Emmerson, M., Caruso, T., Reid, N.（2021）《高地草原生境与农业环境计划对土壤微型节肢动物丰度的影响》，发表于《应用生态学杂志》（Journal of Applied Ecology，简称J. Appl. Ecol）。

本研究通过覆盖90个野外样地的大型析因野外实验，探究了高地草原的农业环境计划（agri-environment scheme, AES）管理措施对土壤微型节肢动物（soil microarthropod）群落的影响。研究采用托尔格伦漏斗（Tullgren funnel）法提取无脊椎动物类群，并通过在每个野外样地中随机布设的样方（quadrat）鉴定植物物种。

本研究聚焦于表现出类群特异性响应的土壤微型节肢动物。研究主要结果表明：在高地草原中，农业环境计划措施对地下土壤生物群的影响具有情境依赖性（即不同草原类型间存在差异）且具有类群特异性，而非普遍提升生物多样性；土壤微型节肢动物的响应为……