Elemental composition measurements for plants and soil were collected from a three-year (2014–2016) factorial experiment in a native Australian grassland. The experiment manipulated rainfall patterns and root herbivore presence across 36 plots. Data includes macro- and micronutrient levels (e.g., C, N, P, K, Mg, S, Ca, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, B, Na, Mo, Al) for both soil and plant material.
Use Cases
- Modeling plant-soil elemental coupling based on measured nutrient concentrations.
- Analyzing the effects of altered precipitation patterns on grassland nutrient dynamics.
- Investigating the interaction between root herbivory and soil nutrient availability.
- Comparing the response of macro- and micronutrients to experimental treatments.
Strengths
- Data covers a three-year experimental period (2014–2016).
- Includes a suite of 15+ macro- and micronutrients measured in both soil and plants.
- Based on a factorial design with 36 experimental plots combining rainfall and herbivory treatments.
Limitations
- Dataset is small at 21.8 KB, indicating limited scope.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- figshare, author Paschalis Chatzopoulos.
- Collection Method
- Collected from a rainfall and root herbivore manipulation experiment in a native temperate grassland.
- Time Range
- 2014–2016
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 11:31:36; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Eastern Australia