Carbon and nitrogen stocks in soil organic matter fractions along grassland-to-forest conversion chronosequences across Scotland in 2018
This dataset contains the carbon and nitrogen content of soil organic matter fractions collected along grassland-to-forest conversion chronosequences. Four chronosequences of grassland-to-forest conversion were used across Scotland, from Alyth to Craik. Soil samples were collected in summer 2018. Soil samples were collected using soil corers. In 2020, soil samples were fractionated in the laboratory, and the elemental composition of bulk soil and soil fraction samples was determined. The goal of the study was to determine the changes in the quantity of soil organic carbon and nitrogen, and the form in which these carbon and nitrogen are stored. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ad3d4c0a-66d5-4367-a41c-5f3cdff752f7
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environment
Soil
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2008-06-01
Scotland
Grasslands
Scot pine
Coniferous forests
Soil carbon
Soil organic matter
Soil fractions
-8.648
-0.728
60.861
54.634
2018-05-01
2018-09-30
publication
2022-04-22
The data were collected from the results of each measure made on all soil samples. These separate results were then merged by site/sample/soil depth into a single dataframe using R.
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2010-12-08
Comma-separated values (CSV)
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Joly, F.X., Subke, J.A. (2022). Carbon and nitrogen stocks in soil organic matter fractions along grassland-to-forest conversion chronosequences across Scotland in 2018. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ad3d4c0a-66d5-4367-a41c-5f3cdff752f7
University of Stirling
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