Topsoil Organic Matter and Plant Communities in Massif-Central Grasslands, 2006-2022

Massif-central region in France hosts this dataset of 85 permanent grassland fields surveyed between 2006 and 2022. It includes indicators for ecosystem services like forage production, soil organic matter storage, and nutrient cycling across contrasting pedoclimatic conditions and management practices. The dataset was created by Nathan RONDEAU and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil organic matter dynamics based on soil carbon and nitrogen measurements and fractionated pools.
• Analyzing the impact of management practices like fertilization type and intensity on plant community properties and forage production metrics.
• Investigating relationships between climate variables, plant morphological traits, and vegetation biomass production.
• Supporting comparative analyses of grassland ecosystem structure and function under global change frameworks.

Strengths

• Long-term data collection spanning 16 years from 2006 to 2022.
• Covers 85 permanent grassland fields under varied pedoclimatic and management conditions.
• Integrates multiple ecosystem service indicators including vegetation surveys, soil properties, and forage production metrics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Massif-central region.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Field surveys and laboratory analysis across permanent grassland sites.

Time Range

2006 to 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 11:21:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Massif-central region, France