10.1594/PANGAEA.919343Kautzner, AntjeAntjeKautznerAuge, HaraldHaraldAuge0000-0001-7432-8453Roscher, ChristianeChristianeRoscherBaessler, CorneliaCorneliaBaesslerSlabbert, EleonoreEleonoreSlabbert0000-0001-8370-4051PANGAEA2024AgricultureCentral GermanyGrasslandsgrazingland managementmeadowspasturesspecies richnessTERENOVegetationEvent labelALTITUDESiteSubplotPlotLand useAcer platanusAchillea millefoliumAdonis vernalisAgrimonia eupatoriaAgrostis capillarisAgrostis stoloniferaAjuga reptansAlchemilla xanthochloraAlopecurus pratensisAnthoxanthum odoratumAnthriscus sylvestrisApera spica-ventiArctium tomentosumArenaria serpyllifoliaArrhenatherum elatiusArtemisia vulgarisAstragalus glycyphyllosAvena fatuaBallota nigraBellis perennisBetula pendulaBrachypodium pinnatumBrassica nigraBromus hordeaceusBromus sterilisCalamagrostis epigejosCalystegia sepiumCampanula patulaCapsella bursa-pastorisCardamine pratensisCarduus acanthoidesCarex distansCarex hirtaCarex nigraCarex ripariaCarpinus betulusCentaurea jaceaCerastium fontanumChenopodium albumChenopodium strictumCichorium intybusCirsium arvenseCirsium palustreCirsium vulgareClinopodium vulgareConvolvulus arvensisErigeron canadensisCrataegus laevigataCrataegus monogynaCrepis biennisCrepis capillarisCynoglossum officinaleCynosurus arvensisDactylis glomerataDaucus carotaDeschampsia cespitosaEchinops sphaerocephalusEleocharis palustrisElymus repensEpilobium tetragonumEryngium campestreEuphorbia cyparissiasEuphrasia officinalisFalcaria vulgarisFestuca arundinaceaFestuca ovinaFestuca arvensisFestuca rubraFestuca rupicolaFilipendula umlariaFilipendula vulgarisFragaria vescaFragaria viridisFraxinus excelsiorGalium albumGalium aparineGalium mollugoGalium parisienseGalium uliginosumGalium verumGalium pomeranicumGeranium pusillumGeum urbanumGlechoma hederaceaHelictotrichon pratenseHeracleum sphondyliumPilosella officinarumHolcus lanatusHolcus mollisHordeum murinumHypericum perforatumHypochaeris radicataJuncus articulatusJuncus compressusJuncus inflexusLactuca serriolaLamium amplexicauleLamium purpureumLamiumLathyrus pratensisLathyrus tuberosusScorzoneroides autumnalisLeontodon hispidusLeucanthemum ircutianumLeucanthemumLeucanthemum vulgareLinum catharticumLolium multiflorumLolium perenneLotus corniculatusLuzula campestrisSilene flos-cuculiMalva moschataMalva neglectaMedicago falcataMedicago lupulinaMedicago sativaMelilotus officinalisMyosotis arvensisMyosotis scorpioidesOdontites vulgarisOnobrychis viciifoliaOnonis spinosaPastinaca sativaPersicaria maculosaPhacelia tanacetifoliaPhalaris arundinaceaPhleum pratensePicris hieracioidesPimpinella saxifragaPlantago lanceolataPlantago majorPlantago mediaPoa angustifoliaPoa annuaPoa compressaPoa pratensisPoa trivialisPolygonum avicularePopulus tremulaPotentilla anserinaPotentilla erectaPotentilla neumannianaPrunella vulgarisPrunusVeronica longifoliaRanunculus acrisRanunculus repensRhinanthus minorRosa caninaRosa rubiginosaRubusRumex acetosaRumex crispusRumex obtusifoliusRumex patientiaSalvia pratensisSanguisorba minorScabiosa columbariaScabiosa ochroleucaSchoenoplectus lacustrisScirpus sylvaticusSecurigera variaSenecio leucanthemifoliusSilene latifoliaSilene noctifloraSilene vulgarisSilybum marianumSisymbrium loeseliiStellaria uliginosaStellaria gramineaStellaria mediaStellaria palustrisSymphytum officinaleTanacetum vulgareTaraxacum campylodesTorilis japonicaTragopogon pratensisTrifolium arvenseTrifolium campestreTrifolium dubiumTrifolium hybridumTrifolium pratenseTrifolium repensTripleurospermum inodorumTrisetum flavescensUrtica dioicaVeronica arvensisVeronica chamaedrysVeronica praecoxVeronica serpyllifoliaVicia sativaVicia craccaVicia hirsutaVicia sepiumVicia tenuifoliaVicia tetraspermaVicia villosaViola arvensisHerbsPlantsCarex spp.Visual identificationVisual estimationTerrestrial Environmental Observatories (TERENO)Dataset10.1002/ece3.6675https://store.pangaea.de/Publications/Slabbert-etal_2020/All_possible_plot_combinations.csv58320 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalVegetation relevés were carried out at five of the Terrestrial Environmental Observatories (TERENO) project (www.tereno.net) sites were mown or grazed grasslands were available. The initial study design was for investigating the impact of land management (mown meadows versus grazed pastures) on plant diversity and spatial scale heterogeneity. The selected grasslands were managed as either meadows or pastures for at least the last ten years. The initial study design was a balanced, nested design with three grasslands per land management type and study site. Vegetation relevés of 10 m x 10 m were established within identified grasslands from which 10 subplots, of 1 m^2, were randomly selected to be surveyed. Within each subplot all vascular plant species were determined and their cover was visually estimated to the nearest percentage as a proxy for abundance. Data is provided as percentage cover per subplot. Plant species names were updated according to The Plant List. Due to in-field limitations and more detailed records from farmers, the final data set consists of 270 subplot records, of which 120 are within meadows and 150 within pastures. The sampling inbalance should be accounted for (see associated publication for further details, and the supplementary plot combination file). Two complementary data sets were also collected at the same plots (with the same spatial resolution) for soil microbial diversity of fungi and bacteria. These data sets have been deposited in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under the accession PRJNA563995.11.02375811.73693551.61470352.088722Germany