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Traits data from juvenile trees exposed to a 50% reduction in canopy throughfall at the Caxiuan drought experiment, Brazil, 2017

A data set consisting of seventeen functional traits collected on 43 saplings from a Control and 33 saplings from a long-term drought experiment site in a tropical rainforest in NE Amazonia,...

Temperature and humidity data supporting use of an in situ passive heating method, and associated whole tree responses, Cerrado, Brazil, 2020

The data include temperature and relative humidity (RH) values recorded every minute inside and outside whole-tree, passive heating, open top chambers. Respiration and photosynthesis rates were...

Plant biodiversity and associated environmental data along an invasion gradient of Urochloa decumbens following prescribed burnings in a tropical savanna, Cerrado region, Brazil, 2019-2021

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. The data comprise measurements of the impact of two prescribed annual burnings on the ecological properties of an invasion gradient by Urochloa decumbens in a...

Traits data from trees exposed to a 50% reduction in canopy throughfall for 14 years in Caxiuanã, Brazil, September to October 2016

Data comprise tree trait data collected during September and October 2016 (the peak dry season), in the Caxiuanã National Forest Reserve, eastern Amazon, Brazil. 17 traits (including plot type,...

Plant biodiversity and associated environmental data along an invasion gradient of Urochloa decumbens following prescribed burnings in a tropical savanna, Cerrado region, Brazil, 2019-2021 v2

The data comprise measurements of the impact of two prescribed annual burnings on the ecological properties of an invasion gradient by Urochloa decumbens in a tropical savanna (Cerrado). The...

Androgen data for eXXpedition Atlantic crossing

Analysis of water samples collected in the Atlantic Ocean between Senegal and Brazil, and Brazil and Guyana. Samples analysed for Androgenic activity.

Fine litterfall production and nutrient composition data from a fertilized site in Central Amazon, Brazil

The data consists of litterfall production in a fertilised old growth forest in Central Amazon. Data was collected in a full factorial nutrient addition experiment (nitrogen, phosphorus and cation...

eDNA data for eXXpedition Atlantic crossing project

The results of environmental DNA analysis from water samples taken in the Atlantic Ocean between Senegal and Brazil, and Brazil and Guyana. The analysis of vertebrates was targeted.

eDNA data for eXXpedition Atlantic crossing project

The results of environmental DNA analysis from water samples taken in the Atlantic Ocean between Senegal and Brazil, and Brazil and Guyana. The analysis of vertebrates was targeted.

Late Mesoproterozoic Paranoa Group, Brazil, stable carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotopes (NERC Grant NE/V010824/1)

Organic carbon, total nitrogen, total reduced sulfur and carbonate-associated sulfur isotopes measured on decarbonated stromatolite samples from the Paranoa Group (1.1 Ga).

Water and carbon balance outputs of a mechanistic ecosystem model for a Caatinga dryland forest in north-east Brazil

This dataset contains half-hourly output data (for the year 2011) generated by a preliminary version of the Shrubland Ecosystem Assessment (SEcA) model. SEcA calculates the ecosystem processes for...

Forest plot inventory data from seasonally dry and moist Atlantic forest in Rio de Janeiro State, 2015-2017

Data comprise plot location (latitude, longitude, elevation), taxonomic family and species names and measurements of trees (diameter, height, health). Presence of lianas (vines) and their...

Response of seed germination to smoke water solutions in Cerrado plant species collected between 2013 and 2020

This dataset contains information about how seeds collected from Brazilian Cerrado plant species germinate in smoke water and control water solutions. Seeds were collected from site across the...

Radiocarbon dating of charcoal pieces from soil in intact forest permanent plots in the Amazon Basin, 2015-2019

This dataset contains radiocarbon dating of pieces of macrocharcoal (~ ≥ 1 mm) collected from soil in Guyana, Peru and Brazil in plots located in the Amazon forest. All the sites are terra-firme,...

Virtual Site Survey of Pernambuco Plateau, Brazil in support of IODP 864: Origin, Evolution and Palaeoenvironment of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (NERC grant NE/M021238/1)

The dataset consists of: (1) Listing of full site survey package of geophysical data held in the IODP Data Bank in support of proposal 864. Details of how to obtain existing freely available or...

Zeta potential measurements of rare earth element enriched apatite (NERC grant NE/M011429/1)

Zeta potential measurements of rare earth element enriched apatite from Jacupiranga, Brazil under water and collector conditions. Zeta potential measurements can be used to indicate the surface...

Scanning Electron Micrographs of seed and fruits of plant species from the Cerrado region collected between 2014 and 2020

This dataset contains single scanning electron microscopy images for fruits/seeds collected between 2014 and 2020 from fourteen plant species found in Brazilian Cerrado as an indication of seed...

International comparative performance of the UK research base

Data on the performance of the United Kingdom's (UK) research base compared to seven other research-intensive countries (Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and US) and, where data are...

A Deep Seismic Study of the Amazon Cone: Implications for the Strength of the Extended Continental Lithosphere

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. The Amazon Cone is a deep-sea fan system that developed on a continental margin, North East Brazil and French Guiana, approximately 90-100 Myr following a rifting...

Insect pollinator visitations to soybean crops, and soybean crop yield, along a latitudinal gradient in South America, 2020-2022

This data set represents field-based monitoring of insect pollinator communities found within soya (Glycine max L. Merril) crops located along a latitudinal gradient ranging from -37.669486 to...