Grass-Legume Biomass Responses to Water Deficit in a Greenhouse Experiment

Greenhouse data from Laval University in 2022 manipulates grass-legume ratios and water regimes. The dataset contains aboveground and belowground biomass measurements for four species: Trifolium repens, Trifolium pratense, Bromus inermis, and Phleum pratense. It was authored by Anne-Marie Blanchette and harvested from the Borealis platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling biomass allocation under water stress based on species ratios.
• Comparing drought tolerance between grass and legume species mentioned in the description.
• Optimizing buffer strip plant compositions for resilience based on greenhouse biomass data.
• Analyzing trade-offs between aboveground and belowground growth in mixed plant communities.

Strengths

• Data originates from a controlled greenhouse experiment at Laval University.
• Includes biomass measurements for four distinct plant species.
• Explicitly manipulates two key variables: species ratios and water regime.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single greenhouse experiment in 2022, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Borealis Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Data from a controlled greenhouse experiment.

Time Range

Summer 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-20 04:11:51

Geography

Laval University, Québec, Canada