Identification

Title

In situ seedling growth and survival of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular trees in a subtropical forest in China

Abstract

This dataset reports results on seedling growth and survival for two hyphal exclusion experiments in a subtropical forest. The data include survival status, height, total biomass and the biomass of component plant parts, percentage root colonisation by mycorrhizas, for tree seedlings of ten common species including five ectomycorrhizal (ECM) and five arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) species, which were transplanted in the in-growth cores with windows covering different sizes of nylon meshes (35 vs. 0.5 µm). The dataset provides raw data on growth and survival metrics for each seedling, plus identifying codes for the dominant sites where the experiments were conducted, as well as experimental block, mesh treatment, botanical names for the tree species, and mycorrhizal type. The data were entered into Excel spreadsheets and exported as comma separated value files (csv). Study area - the Heishiding Nature Reserve (111°53’E, 23°27’N, 150-927 m a.s.l.) in Guangdong Province of south China. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f1d17e61-bb6c-47a9-a648-062c63ea7f16

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/f1d17e61-bb6c-47a9-a648-062c63ea7f16

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/f1d17e61-bb6c-47a9-a648-062c63ea7f16.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f1d17e61-bb6c-47a9-a648-062c63ea7f16

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

111

East bounding longitude

111.53

North bounding latitude

23.27

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2017-03-01

End position

2018-08-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-04-29

date type

creation

effective date

2020-04-20

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Mesh-walled cores were assembled from 16 cm diameter × 30 cm deep PVC piping, perforated with six 8-cm-diameter windows which were regularly distributed along the side with three of them at the depth of 4-12 cm and the other three at 16-24 cm. The cores were lined with 35 µm or 0.5 µm nylon mesh (Plastok Associates Ltd, Birkenhead, UK) to cover the bottom and the windows, which was attached using transparent superglue (Pattex®, Henkel Adhesives Ltd., Shantou, China). Nylon mesh with a pore size of 35 µm excludes roots of neighboring plants, but allows mycorrhizal hyphae access to the transplanted seedlings; while cores with a 0.5 µm mesh exclude both fine roots and hyphae, with only free-living soil microorganisms passing through. We then covered the sides and the bottoms of all cores with 2 mm nylon mesh, to prevent soil fauna damaging the smaller size meshes.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Liang, M., Johnson, D., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Yu, S., Fang, M., Taylor, J.D., Taylor, A.F.S., Helgason, T., Liu, X. (2020). In situ seedling growth and survival of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular trees in a subtropical forest in China. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f1d17e61-bb6c-47a9-a648-062c63ea7f16

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-05-18T13:25:54

Metadata language

eng