In situ seedling growth and survival of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular trees in a subtropical forest in China

This dataset reports results on seedling growth and survival for two hyphal exclusion experiments in a subtropical forest. The data include survival status, height, total biomass and the biomass of component plant parts, percentage root colonisation by mycorrhizas, for tree seedlings of ten common species including five ectomycorrhizal (ECM) and five arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) species, which were transplanted in the in-growth cores with windows covering different sizes of nylon meshes (35 vs. 0.5 µm).

The dataset provides raw data on growth and survival metrics for each seedling, plus identifying codes for the dominant sites where the experiments were conducted, as well as experimental block, mesh treatment, botanical names for the tree species, and mycorrhizal type. The data were entered into Excel spreadsheets and exported as comma separated value files (csv).

Study area - the Heishiding Nature Reserve (111°53’E, 23°27’N, 150-927 m a.s.l.) in Guangdong Province of south China. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f1d17e61-bb6c-47a9-a648-062c63ea7f16

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Metadata Language: English (en)

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2020-04-29

Dataset Reference Date (): 2020-04-20

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f1d17e61-bb6c-47a9-a648-062c63ea7f16

Identifier: doi: / 10.5285/f1d17e61-bb6c-47a9-a648-062c63ea7f16

Other citation details: Liang, M., Johnson, D., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Yu, S., Fang, M., Taylor, J.D., Taylor, A.F.S., Helgason, T., Liu, X. (2020). In situ seedling growth and survival of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular trees in a subtropical forest in China. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/f1d17e61-bb6c-47a9-a648-062c63ea7f16

University of Aberdeen - Professor David Burslem

Sun Yat-Sen University - Liang, M.

University of Manchester - Johnson, D.

University of Aberdeen - Burslem, D.F.R.P.

Sun Yat-Sen University - Yu, S.

Sun Yat-Sen University - Fang, M.

University of Salford - Taylor, J.D.

James Hutton Institute - Taylor, A.F.S.

University of York - Helgason, T.

Sun Yat-Sen University - Liu, X.

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Liang, M., Johnson, D., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Yu, S., Fang, M., Taylor, J.D., Taylor, A.F.S., Helgason, T., Liu, X. (2020). In situ seedling growth and survival of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular trees in a subtropical forest in China. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f1d17e61-bb6c-47a9-a648-062c63ea7f16

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Begin date: 2017-03-01

End date: 2018-08-31

Code: WGS 84

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: Mesh-walled cores were assembled from 16 cm diameter × 30 cm deep PVC piping, perforated with six 8-cm-diameter windows which were regularly distributed along the side with three of them at the depth of 4-12 cm and the other three at 16-24 cm. The cores were lined with 35 µm or 0.5 µm nylon mesh (Plastok Associates Ltd, Birkenhead, UK) to cover the bottom and the windows, which was attached using transparent superglue (Pattex®, Henkel Adhesives Ltd., Shantou, China). Nylon mesh with a pore size of 35 µm excludes roots of neighboring plants, but allows mycorrhizal hyphae access to the transplanted seedlings; while cores with a 0.5 µm mesh exclude both fine roots and hyphae, with only free-living soil microorganisms passing through. We then covered the sides and the bottoms of all cores with 2 mm nylon mesh, to prevent soil fauna damaging the smaller size meshes.

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