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Seeber, Julia; Newesely, Christian; Steinwandter, Michael; Rief, Alexander; Körner, Christian; Tappeiner, Ulrike; Meyer, Erwin (2021): Abundance data from soil macro- and mesofauna of alpine snowbeds in the European Alps (summer 2017) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.935737

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Published: 2021-09-13 • DOI registered: 2022-05-26

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Abstract:
This dataset represents abundance data from soil macro- and mesofauna from three alpine sites across the European Alps, sampled in summer 2017. The sites were: (1) Furka Pass, Uri, Switzerland, (2) Matsch Valley, South Tyrol, Italy, (3) Untersulzbach Valley, Salzburg, Austria, (4) Mallnitz, Carinthia, Austria, and (5) Innergschlöss, Tyrol, Austria. On each site we chose 3-6 snowbeds, where litter and soil core samples were taken. Each snowbed was subdivided into three sections: top (early snowmelt), middle, and bottom (late snowmelt). The data was used to evaluate how soil animal communities are responding to life conditions across snowbeds along a west-east transect of the European Alps, and to create a reference inventory for future investigations of climate change effects on snowbed ecosystems.
Keyword(s):
Acari; Alpine soils; Araneae; Coleoptera; Collembola; Macrofauna; mesofauna; snowmelt; soil fauna
Related to:
Seeber, Julia; Newesely, Christian; Steinwandter, Michael; Rief, Alexander; Körner, Christian; Tappeiner, Ulrike; Meyer, Erwin (2021): Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 53(1), 288-299, https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2021.1982665
Project(s):
Long-term Monitoring of Ecosystem Processes Programme of the Austrian National Park Hohe Tauern (Ecosystem_Processes)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 46.850561 * Median Longitude: 10.592601 * South-bound Latitude: 46.577500 * West-bound Longitude: 8.419440 * North-bound Latitude: 47.166560 * East-bound Longitude: 13.182930
Date/Time Start: 2017-07-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-08-17T00:00:00
Change history:
2022-09-26T10:46:58 – License changed from CC-BY-SA-4.0 to CC-BY-4.0
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
2 datasets

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  1. Seeber, J; Newesely, C; Steinwandter, M et al. (2021): Abundance data from soil macro-invertebrates of alpine snowbeds in the European Alps (summer 2017). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.935736
  2. Seeber, J; Newesely, C; Steinwandter, M et al. (2021): Abundance data from soil microarthropods (Oribatida, Acari and Collembola, Hexapoda) of alpine snowbeds in the European Alps (summer 2017). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.935735