Data From: Exploring Soil Ecology Gradient Concepts: Sensitivity Of Ecosystem Properties To Symbiotic Fungi In Semiarid Prairie
Department of Agriculture
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Department of Agriculture
@usgov.usda_gov_data_from_exploring_soil_ecology_gradient_con_5c5465e8
Dataset that accompanies a research paper entitled, "Exploring soil ecology gradient concepts: Sensitivity of ecosystem properties to symbiotic fungi in semiarid prairie" to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. Journal information will be updated when paper is published. Files include a readme file, datasets, and the respective R script for analyzing the individual data files.
Results are relevant to arid and semiarid mixed-grass prairie ecosystems with calcareous and alkaline subsoils, especially sites with soils of Eapa loam soil series, frigid Aridic Argiustolls or Mollisols. The focal system was of northern mixed-grass prairie vegetation near Miles City, Montana which is in eastern Montana, USA (46.304583, -105.978050, elevation 849 m).
The study consisted of a five year field experiment and two complementary pot bioassays. The experiments were designed to improve understanding effects of mycorrhizal fungi on plant properties, soil structure, and soil hydrologic functioning. We performed experiments and evaluated evidence of AMF (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) effects on plants, plant-plant interactions, plant nutrient limitation, and nutrient acquisition strategy. First, we tested how AMF suppression affected plant biomass and composition; indicators of plant nutrient limitation (i.e. shoot nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratio, N:P) and P acquisition (i.e. shoot manganese concentration, [Mn]); and structure and function of soil with a five-year field experiment. This informed pot bioassays. Pot bioassays tested how dominant grass coexistence was affected by three pairs of soil treatments 1) field soil inoculant (FSI) versus FSI with AMF suppression, 2) FSI versus sterilized FSI, and 3) AMF inoculant versus sterilized AMF inoculant.
Organization: Department of Agriculture
Last updated: 2025-06-05T09:42:20.341913
Tags: calcareous-grassland, mixed-grass-prairie, mycorrhizal-fungi, northern-mixed-grass-prairie, phosphorus-acquisition-strategy, plant-soil-biota-interactions, soil-aggregate-stability, soil-water-transport
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"n" BIGINT -- .,
"experiment" BIGINT,
"treatment" VARCHAR,
"soil" BIGINT,
"pot" BIGINT,
"spp" VARCHAR,
"shoot" VARCHAR
);CREATE TABLE annex_experiments_1_2_2012_foliar_nutrients_ver_2 (
"n" BIGINT -- .,
"exper" BIGINT,
"pots" BIGINT,
"treatment" VARCHAR,
"spp" VARCHAR,
"n_02e762" DOUBLE -- N,
"p" DOUBLE,
"k" DOUBLE,
"mg" DOUBLE,
"ca" DOUBLE,
"s" DOUBLE,
"na" DOUBLE,
"fe" BIGINT,
"mn" BIGINT,
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"np" DOUBLE
);CREATE TABLE biomass_summary_amf_r (
"n" BIGINT -- .,
"block" BIGINT,
"treatment" BIGINT,
"plot" BIGINT,
"year" BIGINT,
"y" BIGINT,
"biomcac" DOUBLE,
"biom" DOUBLE
);CREATE TABLE biomass_summary_pathogens_r (
"n" BIGINT -- .,
"block" BIGINT,
"treatment" BIGINT,
"plots" BIGINT,
"year" BIGINT,
"biomcac" DOUBLE,
"biom" DOUBLE
);CREATE TABLE control_vs_amf (
"n" BIGINT -- .,
"heco" DOUBLE,
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"ciun" DOUBLE,
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"loar" DOUBLE,
"liri" DOUBLE,
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"n" BIGINT -- .,
"plot" BIGINT,
"block" BIGINT,
"treatment" BIGINT,
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"year" BIGINT,
"spp" VARCHAR,
"cover" DOUBLE
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"ciun" DOUBLE,
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"loar" DOUBLE,
"liri" DOUBLE,
"eras" DOUBLE,
"hasp" DOUBLE,
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);CREATE TABLE diversity_and_richness_amf_r (
"n" BIGINT -- .,
"plot" BIGINT,
"n__rep" BIGINT -- Rep,
"treatment" BIGINT,
"year" BIGINT,
"year2" BIGINT,
"rich" BIGINT,
"diversity" DOUBLE
);CREATE TABLE leaf_nutrients_2010_2013c (
"n" BIGINT -- .,
"subj" BIGINT,
"plot" BIGINT,
"block" BIGINT,
"treatment" BIGINT,
"spp" VARCHAR,
"year" BIGINT,
"np" VARCHAR,
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);CREATE TABLE lichen_moss_wsa_amf_r (
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"exp" VARCHAR,
"locatn" VARCHAR,
"plot" BIGINT,
"block" BIGINT,
"treatment" BIGINT,
"infilt" DOUBLE,
"smwsa" DOUBLE,
"medwsa" DOUBLE,
"moss" DOUBLE,
"lichen" DOUBLE
);CREATE TABLE log_response_ratios_of_cover_data_2010_to_2014_cleaned (
"n" BIGINT -- .,
"block" BIGINT,
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);CREATE TABLE path_treatments (
"plot" BIGINT,
"block" BIGINT,
"treatment_0_water_only_1_amf_fungicide_2_pathogen_fungicide" BIGINT -- Treatment (0=water Only, 1= AMF Fungicide, 2= Pathogen Fungicide),
"year" BIGINT
);Anyone who has the link will be able to view this.