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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): Collection of environmental data, soil water content, root water uptake, evapotranspiration, plant trait and root trait data of the Jena-Ecotron experiment [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877687, Supplement to: Guderle, M et al. (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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Published: 2017-07-11 • DOI registered: 2017-08-02

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Abstract:
This data set contains environmental variables (imposed cumulative precipitation, measurements of radiation, air relative humidity and air temperature), measurements of soil water content, root water uptake estimated from soil moisture contents and community evapotranspiration derived from root water uptake as well as from weight changes, plant trait data (specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, leaf water potential measured at predawn and midday, stomatal conductance, leaf greenness, height of species, aboveground biomass, species abundances, community leaf area index, vegetation and soil surface cover) and root trait data (biomass, length, diameter, surface area, tips, forks and crossings) from the 12 macrocosms used 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.
These data were used to investigate the characteristics of root water uptake profiles in grassland plant communities with different species richness (4-species and 16-species mixtures) and productivity to gain a deeper understanding of how plant species richness affects efficient use of available soil water.
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
Further details:
Plot information of the Jena Main Experiment
Treatment description
Roscher, Christiane; Schumacher, Jens; Baade, Jussi; Wilcken, Sara; Gleixner, Gerd; Weisser, Wolfgang W; Schmid, Bernhard; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef (2004): The role of biodiversity for element cycling and trophic interactions: an experimental approach in a grassland community. Basic and Applied Ecology, 5(2), 107-121, https://doi.org/10.1078/1439-1791-00216
Project(s):
The Jena Experiment (JenExp)
Coverage:
Latitude: 50.946100 * Longitude: 11.611300
Date/Time Start: 2012-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-07-19T16:07:00
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".
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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12 datasets

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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Guderle, M; Milcu, A; Escpape, C et al. (2017): Evapotranspiration from the Jena-Ecotron experiment (including 12 soil monoliths with 4- and 16-species mixtures in year 2012). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877381
  2. Bachmann, D; Guderle, M; Roscher, C et al. (2017): Specific leaf area and leaf dry matter content in the Jena-Ecotron experiment. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877686
  3. Roscher, C; Guderle, M; Milcu, A et al. (2017): Community leaf area index (LAI) estimated in the Jena-Ecotron experiment. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877649
  4. Bachmann, D; Guderle, M; Roscher, C et al. (2017): Leaf water potential measured at predawn and midday of species in the Jena-Ecotron experiment. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877646
  5. Roscher, C; Guderle, M; Milcu, A et al. (2017): Aboveground biomass and species abundances estimated in the Jena-Ecotron experiment. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877647
  6. Roscher, C; Guderle, M; Milcu, A (2017): Vegetation and soil surface cover in the Jena-Ecotron experiment. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877648
  7. Milcu, A; Guderle, M; Landais, D et al. (2017): Cumulative precipitation imposed in the Jena-Ecotron experiment. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877585
  8. Milcu, A; Guderle, M; Landais, D et al. (2017): Radiation, air temperature and air relative humidity from the Jena-Ecotron experiment. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877586
  9. Gockele, A; Guderle, M; Bachmann, D et al. (2017): Root traits (biomass, length, root length density, diameter, surface area, volume, tips, forks and crossings) in the Jena-Ecotron experiment. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877643
  10. Guderle, M; Milcu, A; Escape, O et al. (2017): Soil water content data from the Jena-Ecotron (12 soil monoliths with 4-species and 16-species mixtures, up to 140 m depth, year 2012). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877433
  11. Bachmann, D; Guderle, M; Roscher, C et al. (2017): Stomatal conductance, leaf greenness, and height of species in the Jena-Ecotron experiment. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877650
  12. Guderle, M; Milcu, A; Escpape, C et al. (2017): Root water uptake from the Jena-Ecotron experiment (including 12 soil monoliths with 4- and 16-species mixtures in year 2012). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.877382