GCEF 2014-2023 Ecosystem Multifunctionality Data

This dataset comprises data from the Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF) (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2635). The data was obtained between 2014 and 2023. Martin Schädler (martin.schaedler@ufz.de) is the scientific coordinator of the GCEF. Martin Schädler and Harald Auge (harald.auge@ufz.de) designed the GCEF. Martin Schädler, Thomas Reitz, Rui Yin, Harald Auge, Ines Merbach, Christiane Roscher, Stan Harpole, Evgenia Blagodatskaya, Julia Siebert, Marcel Ciobanu, and Nico Eisenhauer collected the data. Friedrich Scherzinger (friedrich.scherzinger@idiv.de) compiled the dataset. Some columns in the dataset are empty as they are placeholders for numerical data that will be filled during the data analysis process. They are left empty in the initial dataset to accommodate the subsequent analysis and to maintain the structure of the dataset. For more information on how the data was obtained and on the context of its collection, please refer to Scherzinger et al. (2023). Sustainable land management enhances ecological and economic multifunctionality under ambient and future climate (pre-print). Abbreviations used in the dataset: LUT - land use type EM - extensive meadow EP - extensive pasture IM - intensive meadow CF - conventional farming OF - organic farming Climate - climate treatment amb - ambient fut - future Yield - yield (€ / ha / yr) TOC - total organic soil carbon (%) - data owners: Thomas Reitz, Evgenia Blagodatskaya Nmin_Surplus - nitrogen surplus (g / m²) Mic_Bio - microbial biomass (mg / kg soil) - data owner: Thomas Reitz CEL - cellulase activity (nmol / h / g soil) - data owner: Thomas Reitz NAG - N-acetylglucosaminidase activity (nmol / h / g soil) - data owner: Thomas Reitz PHO - acid phosphatase activity (nmol / h / g soil) - data owner: Thomas Reitz Decomp_Below - belowground decomposition rate (bait lamina) - data owner: Julia Siebert Decomp_Above_Fine - aboveground decomposition rate (microbes) (K value) - data owner: Rui Yin Decomp_Above_Coarse - aboveground decomposition rate (microbes + fauna) (K value) - data owner: Rui Yin Biodiv_Meso - soil mesofauna diversity (Shannon-Index) - data owner: Rui Yin Biodiv_Macro - soil macrofauna diversity (Shannon-Index) - data owner: Rui Yin Biodiv_Nematode - soil nematode diversity (Shannon-Index) - data owner: Julia Siebert Percentage_FlowCov - flower cover (%) - data owner: Martin Schädler DM_grains_machine - machine harvest yield total dry mass grains OF & CF (dt / ha) - data owners: Martin