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Milcu, Alexandru; Guderle, Marcus; Landais, Damien; Ravel, Olivier; Escape, Christophe; Roy, Jacques (2017): Cumulative precipitation imposed in the Jena-Ecotron experiment [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877585, In supplement to: Guderle, Marcus; Bachmann, Dörte; Milcu, Alexandru; Gockele, Annette; Bechmann, Marcel; Fischer, Christine; Roscher, Christiane; Landais, Damien; Ravel, Olivier; Devidal, Sébastien; Roy, Jacques; Gessler, Arthur; Buchmann, Nina; Weigelt, Alexandra; Hildebrandt, Anke (2017): Dynamic niche partitioning in root water uptake facilitates efficient water use in more diverse grassland plant communities. Functional Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12948

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Abstract:
This dataset contains cumulative precipitation imposed in the Jena-Ecotron Experiment in 2012. This experiment was conducted in the Montpellier European Ecotron (CNRS, France), an advanced controlled environment facility for ecosystem research, and aimed at understanding the impact of plant species richness (4 vs. 16 species) for ecosystem carbon and water fluxes.
The soil monoliths used in this experiment contained plant communities originating from the long- term Jena Experiment (50°57.1' N, 11°37.5' E, 130 m above sea level; mean annual temperature 9.3°C, mean annual precipitation 587 mm) established in May 2002. Twelve plots were selected for the Jena-Ecotron study according to the following criteria: (1) the four functional groups grasses, legumes, small and tall herbs were present, (2) realized species numbers were close to sown species richness, and (3) plots were equally distributed across the experimental field site to account for different soil textures. Large monoliths (2 m² surface area, diameter of 1.6 m, 2 m depth with a weight of 7 to 8 tons) including intact soil and vegetation were excavated in December 2011 and placed in lysimeters. In March 2012, before the start of the vegetation growth, the lysimeters were transported and installed in the Macrocosms platform of the Montpellier European Ecotron.
The precipitation imposed in the Jena-Ecotron experiment aimed at reconstructing the field-measured values recorded in Jena in year 2007. This year was chosen as a proxy of average climatic conditions at the Jena field site. Note that owing to the higher evapotranspiration rates in the Ecotron, higher precipitation (+28%) was imposed in the Ecotron relative to year 2007. Precipitation was applied to each lysimeter by manual watering using a hose equipped with a sprinkler and a flowmeter. The water was purified by microfiltration (1µ) and reverse osmosis followed by ozone and UV treatments.
Precipitation values are provided as cumulative values from 28th of March 2012 to 30th of July 2012.
Keyword(s):
Jena-Ecotron Experiment
Related to:
Milcu, Alexandru; Eugster, Werner; Bachmann, Dörte; Guderle, Marcus; Roscher, Christiane; Gockele, Annette; Landais, Damien; Ravel, Olivier; Gessler, Arthur; Lange, Markus; Ebeling, Anne; Weisser, Wolfgang W; Roy, Jacques; Hildebrandt, Anke; Buchmann, Nina (2016): Plant functional diversity increases grassland productivity-related water vapor fluxes: an Ecotron and modeling approach. Ecology, 97(8), 2044-2054, https://doi.org/10.1890/15-1110.1
Milcu, Alexandru; Roscher, Christiane; Gessler, Arthur; Bachmann, Dörte; Gockele, Annette; Guderle, Marcus; Landais, Damien; Piel, Clement; Escpape, Christophe; Devidal, Sébastien; Ravel, Olivier; Buchmann, Nina; Gleixner, Gerd; Hildebrandt, Anke; Roy, Jacques (2014): Functional diversity of leaf nitrogen concentrations drives grassland carbon fluxes. Ecology Letters, 17(4), 435-444, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12243
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Coverage:
Latitude: 50.946100 * Longitude: 11.611300
Date/Time Start: 2012-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-12-31T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, soil: m * Maximum DEPTH, soil: m
Event(s):
JenExp_2012 (Jena Experiment 2012) * Latitude: 50.946100 * Longitude: 11.611300 * Date/Time Start: 2012-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-12-31T00:00:00 * Location: Thuringia, Germany * Method/Device: Experiment (EXP)
Comment:
There are two types of missing values contained in datasets from the Jena Experiment. Empty cells represent missing values that result from the design of the experiment. Empty cells result when the respective value does not occur in the design and could thus not be measured. For example, in the case of species-specific biomass cells are left blank, when the species was not sown in the respective plot. Missing values that resulted from methodological problems, sampling errors, or lost samples/data are marked with "-9999".
This dataset is part of a collection of measurements of the Jena-Ecotron Experiment, which was part of the Jena Experiment.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Experimental plotExperimental plotGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of plots and the plant diversity gradient are provided in the section further details.
2DEPTH, soilDepth soilmGuderle, MarcusGeocode
3Date/time startDate/time startGuderle, Marcusof sampling campaign
4Date/time endDate/time endGuderle, Marcusof sampling campaign
5Treatment: mowingT:mowGuderle, MarcusSpeciefies if multiple samples per plot have been taken and are provided in the data file.
6Treatment: weedingT:weedGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
7Treatment: weeding historyT:weed histGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
8Treatment: seed additionT:seed addGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
9Treatment: fertilizingT:fertGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
10Treatment: droughtT:droughtGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
11Treatment: aboveground: pesticideT:abovegr pestGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
12Treatment: below pesticideT:below pestGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
13Treatment: molluscideT:mollusGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
14Treatment: nematicideT:nemaGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
15Treatment: eartworm exclosureT:eartworm exclGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
16Treatment: phytometersT:phytoGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
17Treatment: specialT:specialGuderle, MarcusDetailed explanations of treatments are provided in the section further details.
18Precipitation, cumulatedPrecip cummmGuderle, Marcus
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