Above- and below-ground herbivore communities along elevation

Despite the common role of above- and below-ground herbivore communities in mediating ecosystem functioning, our understanding of the variation of species communities along natural gradient is largely strongly biased toward aboveground organisms. This dataset enables to study the variations in assemblages of two dominant groups of herbivores, namely, aboveground orthoptera and belowground nematodes together with their food plants. Herbivores and plant surveys were conducted in 48 natural grasslands along six elevation gradients, selected to span the major macro-climatic and environmental conditions of the Swiss Alps. It compiles herbivores and plant surveys, information on the study sites as well as plant and herbivores functional traits sought to be involved in trophic interactions and to respond to climatic variation along the elevation. Plant functional traits considered are the SLA, the LDMC, the C/N content, the punch strength (i.e. force required to pierce the leave lamina), the mandibular strength for Orthoptera insect. Data were collected during the summer 2016 and 2017.

Funding Information:

This work was supported by:
  • SNF (Grant/Award: 162604)
  • SNF (Grant/Award: 31003A_179481)

Citation:

Pitteloud, Camille; Descombes, Patrice; Sànchez-Moreno, Sara; Kergunteuil, Alan; Rasmann, Sergio; Pellissier, Loïc (2020). Above- and below-ground herbivore communities along elevation. EnviDat. doi:10.16904/envidat.208.

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DOI 10.16904/envidat.208
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Authors
  • Email: camille.pitteloudfoo(at)usys.ethz.ch ORCID: 0000-0002-4731-0079 Given Name: Camille Family Name: Pitteloud Affiliation: ETHZ | Department of Environmental Systems Science | Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems | Landscape Ecology Additional Affiliation : Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL | Unit of Land Change Science DataCRediT: Collection, Validation, Software, Publication
  • Email: patrice.descombesfoo(at)wsl.ch ORCID: 0000-0002-3760-9907 Given Name: Patrice Family Name: Descombes Affiliation: ETHZ | Department of Environmental Systems Science | Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems | Landscape Ecology Additional Affiliation : Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL | Unit of Land Change Science DataCRediT: Collection, Validation
  • Email: sarasm@inia.es ORCID: 0000-0003-4558-0304 Given Name: Sara Family Name: Sànchez-Moreno Affiliation: National Institute of Agriculture and Food Research and Technology | Department of Environment and Agronomy Madrid DataCRediT: Collection, Validation, Software
  • Email: ker.alanfoo(at)yahoo.fr Given Name: Alan Family Name: Kergunteuil Affiliation: University of Neuchâtel | Functional Ecology Laboratory | Institute of Biology DataCRediT: Collection, Validation
  • Email: sergio.rasmannfoo(at)unine.ch ORCID: 0000-0002-3120-6226 Given Name: Sergio Family Name: Rasmann Affiliation: University of Neuchâtel | Functional Ecology Laboratory | Institute of Biology DataCRediT: Collection, Supervision
  • Email: loic.pellissierfoo(at)usys.ethz.ch ORCID: 0000-0002-2289-8259 Given Name: Loïc Family Name: Pellissier Affiliation: ETHZ | Department of Environmental Systems Science | Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems | Landscape Ecology Additional Affiliation : Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL | Unit of Land Change Science DataCRediT: Collection, Supervision
Contact Person Given Name: Loïc Pellissier Family Name: Pellissier Email: loic.pellissierfoo(at)usys.ethz.ch
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Publication Publisher: EnviDat Year: 2020
Dates
  • Type: Collected Date: 2016-06-01 End Date: 2016-08-30
Version 1.0
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General Type Dataset
Language English
Location Switzerland
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Created October 17, 2020, 09:21 (UTC)