Identification

Title

Baseline soil carbon and nitrogen content in a woodland creation experiment, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 2022

Abstract

This dataset contains baseline soil carbon and nitrogen content within a native forest creation site on the Beldorney Estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 17 samples were collected on a 100 m grid at the site prior to planting. The 100 m grid was extended into adjacent grassland that won’t be planted and 8 additional samples were collected. The 100 m grid samples were all collected in September 2022. Within the planting area 17 plots were left unplanted, these will be used to track natural tree regeneration, and additional soil samples were collected here in November 2022. Soil carbon and nitrogen content will be tracked at the site as the planted and naturally regenerating trees establish. The work was supported by Natural Environment Research Council (NE/W004976/1) as part of the Agile Initiative at the Oxford Martin School and Leverhulme Trust as part of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery at the University of Oxford. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/75fc1418-b0ff-4dca-9b78-70c3c82d94b7

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/75fc1418-b0ff-4dca-9b78-70c3c82d94b7

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function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/75fc1418-b0ff-4dca-9b78-70c3c82d94b7.zip

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Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/75fc1418-b0ff-4dca-9b78-70c3c82d94b7

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Soil

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.975

East bounding longitude

-2.962

North bounding latitude

57.412

South bounding latitude

57.403

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2022-09-01

End position

2022-11-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2024-09-05

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Soil samples were collected using an auger in September and November 2022. Samples were dried, sieved, and weighed in the lab. Subsamples of the sieved soil were ground and analysed for soil carbon and nitrogen content using an elemental analyser.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Warner, E., Hector, A., Kristensen, J.A., Brown, C., Whitehorn, P., Atkinson, C. (2024). Baseline soil carbon and nitrogen content in a woodland creation experiment, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/75fc1418-b0ff-4dca-9b78-70c3c82d94b7

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

emily.warner@biology.ox.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-9725

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