Field data from 2019 and 2020 documents leaf chemistry and herbivore damage on European beech trees with and without premature drought-induced defoliation. The dataset includes measurements of primary and specialized metabolites, leaf damage from multiple herbivore feeding guilds, and crown health assessments. ENVIDAT published the analyzed data in 2024.
Use Cases
- Analyze correlations between leaf primary metabolite levels and crown health assessment scores.
- Model leaf damage from various herbivore feeding guilds as a function of specialized metabolite profiles.
- Compare phytochemical profiles between trees that experienced premature defoliation and those that did not following a drought event.
Strengths
- Data collected over two consecutive growing seasons (2019, 2020).
- Includes multiple data facets: chemical profiles, physical damage, and tree health assessments.
Limitations
- Sample size and number of measured trees are unknown.
- Geographic scope is limited to unspecified European beech forest locations.
- Data is from a single extreme event, limiting generalizability.
Provenance
- Source
- ENVIDAT
- Collection Method
- Field surveys on trees with and without premature drought-induced defoliation.
- Time Range
- 2019-2020
- Freshness
- Data published in 2024, based on field collection ending in 2020.
- Geography
- European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests, specific location unknown.