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Arctic shrub and Eriophorum leaf and root decomposition, northern Alaska, 2017-2018

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.15485/2513843· OSTI ID:2513843
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  2. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  3. College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University
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This data package contains litter decomposition data collected from 170 plots of rapidly expanding shrub genera (Alnus, Betula, and Salix) and a widespread sedge (Eriophorum vaginatum) along a latitudinal and temperature gradient in northern Alaska. These data were produced from a litter bag experiment that took place from July 2017 to July 2018 and include mass loss and nitrogen loss decomposition metrics for both leaf and root litters. These raw data support a submitted manuscript that examines the variability in decomposition between shrub and graminoid leaf and root litters across a 1-year experiment across the graminoid-dominated Arctic tundra and reveals how deciduous shrub expansion affects litter decomposition in tundra ecosystems. Data are presented by site (n=5) and patch (shrub or sedge plot) in csv files. The site and plot location data and environmental measurement data are provided in Fraterrigo and Chen (2020). Additional methods regarding plot distribution and environmental measurements are in Chen et al. (2020) and Fraterrigo et al. (2024).
Research Organization:
Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; Arctic Shrub Expansion, Plant Functional Trait Variation, and Effects on Belowground Carbon Cycling
Sponsoring Organization:
U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
2513843
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Arctic tundra
Deciduous shrubs
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > DECOMPOSITION
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ALPINE/TUNDRA > ARCTIC TUNDRA
Leaves
Litter decomposition
Mass loss
Nitrogen Loss
Roots