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Trait data of juniper trees from 16 UK populations in a common garden glasshouse trial
This dataset contains measurements from eleven traits on 285 plants that were grown in a randomised block designed common garden trial at the UKCEH Edinburgh. Seedlings were grown from seed during 2015-2018, and the traits were measured in December 2020. The trees are...
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Recorded groundwater levels taken from locations within the Gandak River Basin, Bihar, India, 2017-2019
The dataset contains groundwater levels from ten boreholes located in the Gandak Basin, Bihar, North India. The data was collected using automatic level loggers recording at 15-minute intervals between April 2017 and February 2019. This data set quantifies the effects...
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Lepidoptera distribution and behaviour data from a mown boundary experiment within the Stonehenge landscape, UK, in 2012
his dataset consists of behaviour and distribution data of Lepidoptera from mown chalk grassland boundaries at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, UK, between July and August 2012. The landscape consisted of a mosaic of chalk grassland fragments on ancient...
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Soil protozoa data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]
This set of data describes protozoa abundance and diversity in samples taken at the Sourhope experimental site in 1999 and 2000 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the University of Glasgow. Data were collected during a project funded under the NERC Soil Biodiversity...
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Carbon and nutrient data for streams in the Peruvian Amazon
Data from two small streams, two rivers and rainfall fractions in the Western Amazonian basin at Tambopata National Reserve in Madre de Dios region, Peru. Data presented are nutrients (calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, total soluble phosphorus and silica) and...
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UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) bird data: 1995-2015
Bird species data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. Counts of individual bird species are recorded. These data are collected, using the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)'s Breeding Bird Survey methodology, at all of ECN's terrestrial...
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Thames catchment hydrometric and water quality data 2013-17
Urban water quality and hydrometric data for a range of urban developments in in the south of England. Water quality has been obtained from fortnightly-monthly sampling of river water using a Manta 2 sonde, and includes the parameters: ammonium, DO, pH, specific conductivity,...
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Soil and gas measurements from Puna grasslands under different land management over one year
The dataset contains concentrations of total soil organic carbon, soil carbon fractions, soil CO2 fluxes, soil temperature and moisture in the Peruvian Andes. Measurements and sampling took place between 2010 and 2013. Data were generated as part of a larger NERC project:...
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Soil respiration in human-modified forests of Eastern Amazonia
This dataset includes measurements of soil respiration in 20 plots (250 x 10 m each) in the Brazilian Amazon. Study plots were distributed across a gradient of forest disturbance, including: undisturbed primary forests , logged primary forests, logged-and-burned primary...
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Groundwater levels (2019-2021) and rainfall data (2020-2021) collected with a citizen science approach on the Indian Ocean island of Karainagar, Sri Lanka
This dataset includes measurements of groundwater levels (2019–2021) and rainfall data (2020–2021), collected through citizen participation on the Indian Ocean island of Karainagar, Sri Lanka. Karainagar, the study area, is one of seven islands located off the coast...
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United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) 1976-2024 data
This is a series of datasets available from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). The UKBMS comprises a suite of standardised surveys carried out annually across the UK that generate data on butterfly abundance. The datasets within this collection include all...
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Physiological responses of marine phytoplankton to acute and chronic thermal stress
These data comprise the physiology-based measurements made on the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. and Synechococcus sp., the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, and the coccolithophore Emiliana huxleyi. A variety of experimental manipulations were carried out...
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Stable isotope and community abundance data from freshwater macroinvertebrates collected during a mesocosm-based drought experiment
The dataset contains stable isotope concentration (d13C and d15N) and community abundance data for a range of aquatic macroinvertebrate taxa measured during a mesocosm drought experiment. The aquatic macroinvertebrates were sampled from four mesocosm system blocks at...
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Reproductive and early-acting life-history traits in the perennial grass Festuca ovina exposed to drought conditions
The dataset provides measurement of timing of germination and seed mass in the F1 progeny, the P1 paternal contribution to F1 offspring (paternal reproductive success), and assesses the effects of flowering time on the mating system for Festuca ovina (F. ovina) after...
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Countryside Survey 2000
A range of data has been gathered under the Countryside Survey project including habitat areas, vegetation species, soil data, linear feature data and freshwater habitats. Data in this series were gathered in the 1998 survey in Great Britain (in a project known as Countryside...
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Population and trait dynamics of hosts and parasitoids from an 18-month microcosm experiment under gradually increasing temperature to plus 2 or 4 degrees Celsius
This dataset contains population and trait dynamic and life history data of the host organism Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella, and its parasitoide wasp Venturia canescens in response to temperature changes, from an 18-month microcosm experiment. Variables in...
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Chick behavioural responses to 3D-printed insect replicas, featuring combinations of traits from wasps and flies
These data describe individual behaviour during an experiment investigating chick responses to different trait combinations in 3D-printed insect replicas. Replicas were based on various combinations of shape, pattern, colour and size traits taken from either non-mimetic...
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Global greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of crop and livestock products at 5 arc minutes resolution, 1997-2003 v2
The greenhouse gas (GHG) emission represent the amount of greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide) emissions associated with the annual production of seven livestock commodities, considering the following processes: enteric fermentation, manure deposition...
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The genetic basis of female mate choice between the sibling species, Drosophila simulans and D. sechellia
Assortative mating is a key factor in both speciation and species integrity. Here we examined the preferences of female Drosophila from two sibling species, Drosophila simulans or D. sechellia, in a two-choice test with males from either species. We first establish...
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Smart sensor data from tracking the displacement of a physical analogue of a large wood dam in laboratory experiments
This dataset contains measurements from smart sensors monitoring the motion state of a physical analogue of a Large Wood (LW) dam in laboratory experiments. The smart sensors were equipped with an accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer and they recorded angular velocity,...