Escalating effects of multiple perturbations on soil functionality

Soil chemical and biological properties of soils affected by 10 different perturbations related with global change, applied individually or in combination. Greenhouse experiment. Perturbations applied to intact soil cores (15 cm diameter, 15 cm deep) collected in an extensively managed grassland on the WSL grounds in June 2023.

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"Fioratti Junod M, Gombeer S, Holmes J, Zimmerman S, Rillig M, Risch AC and Cordero I. Soil functionality declines under multiple superimposed global change perturbations. XXXX "

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Database includes: Pot_ID: pot or soil core identifier. Batch: numeric, 1 or 2. Enzyme_plate: numeric, from 1 to 6. Number_of_perturbations: numeric, from 0 to 10. N_addition: binary. Yes = 1, No = 0. P_addition: binary. Yes = 1, No = 0. Defoliation: binary. Yes = 1, No = 0. Trampling: binary. Yes = 1, No = 0. Insecticide: binary. Yes = 1, No = 0. Fungicide: binary. Yes = 1, No = 0. Herbicide: binary. Yes = 1, No = 0. Antibiotic: binary. Yes = 1, No = 0. Drought: binary. Yes = 1, No = 0. Heat_wave: binary. Yes = 1, No = 0. Treatment: character. Description of the treatment, 15 levels. SWC: soil water content. Numeric, unitless. Green_biomass: green plant biomass. Numeric, g. Brown_biomass: brown or dead plant biomass. Numeric, g. Biomass_cut: plant biomass cut during defoliation treatments. Numeric, g. CO2_flux_light: net CO2 flux under ambient light. Numeric, mg CO2 m-2 h-1. CO2_flux_dark: ecosystem respiration. Numeric, mg CO2 m-2 h-1. S: organic matter stabilisation factor (tea bag index). Numeric, unitless. k: organic matter decomposition rate (tea bag index). Numeric, unitless. DOC: dissolved organic carbon, mg Kg-1 dry soil. IC: inorganic carbon, mg Kg-1 dry soil. Ammonium_KCl: plant available ammonium, mg Kg-1 dry soil. Nitrate_KCl: plant available nitrate, mg Kg-1 dry soil. Phosphate: phosphate, mg Kg-1 dry soil. MBC: microbial biomass carbon, mg Kg-1 dry soil. MBN: microbial biomass nitrogen, mg Kg-1 dry soil.
PHO: phosphatase activity, nmol h-1 g-1 dry soil. BG: β-glucosidase, nmol h-1 g-1 dry soil. XYL: xylosidase, nmol h-1 g-1 dry soil. CBH: cellobiohydrolase, nmol h-1 g-1 dry soil. NAG: N-acetylglucosaminidase, nmol h-1 g-1 dry soil. LAP: leucine aminopeptidase, nmol h-1 g-1 dry soil. POX: phenoloxidase, nmol h-1 g-1 dry soil. PER: peroxidase, nmol h-1 g-1 dry soil. pH: soil pH, unitless Water_stable_aggregates: water stable aggregates, % Surface_infiltration_time: water surface infiltration time, s.

• British Ecological Society (Grant/Award: LRB21/1006)