functions: Forest Functions Dataset (functions)

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Forest Functions Dataset (functions)

Description

A dataset containing 11 ecosystem functions measured across the FunDivEUROPE Exploratory Platform. This dataset represents the core ecosystem functions selected for multifunctionality analysis, focusing on variables that represent stocks of energy or matter, or process rates showing the transfer of these materials between ecosystem compartments.

Usage

functions

Format

A data frame with 209 rows and 11 columns:

productivity

Annual aboveground wood production/timber production

biomass

Aboveground tree biomass

wood_decomposition

Decomposition rate of wooden materials

litter_decomposition_all

Decomposition rate of leaf litter

total_soil_C

Total soil carbon stocks

total_soil_N

Total soil nitrogen stocks

root_biomass

Total biomass of living fine roots

NC

Soil C:N ratio (calculated from total soil carbon and nitrogen)

insect_herbivory

Insect herbivory damage rate

browser_herbivory

Mammal browsing damage rate

pathogen_activity

Pathogen damage rate

Source

Baeten, L., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Bussotti, F., Finér, L., Jaroszewicz B., et al. 2013. A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 15(5): 281–291.

Manning, P., van der Plas, F., Soliveres, S., Allan, E., Maestre, F. T., Mace, G., Whittingham, M., J., and Fischer, M. 2018. Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 427–436

Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Allan, E., Ampoorter, E., Avacaritiei, D., Baeten, L., Barnoaiea, I., Bastias, C. C., et al. 2023. The functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests—the FunDivEUROPE dataset. Dryad Digital Repository.

Examples

data(functions)
head(functions)

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