Plant biomass data (measured from 2012 to 2015) and plant trait data (measured in 2015)

The present study was conducted at the Jena Experiment field site from 2011 to 2015. The 48 experimental plant communities included twelve monocultures (of which one was removed from all analyses because it was planted with the wrong species), twelve 2-species mixtures, twelve 4-species mixtures and twelve 8-species mixtures. We used two community-evolution treatments (plant histories); plants with eight years of co-selection history in different plant communities in the Jena Experiment (communities of co-selected plants) and plants without such co-selection history (naïve communities). Community-level plant productivity was measured each year from 2012 to 2015 by collecting species-specific aboveground biomass at the time of peak biomass in spring, whereas the traits plant height and SLA were measured once in 2015. We harvested plant material 3 cm aboveground from a 50 x 20 cm area in the centre of each half-quadrat, sorted it into species, dried it at 70°C and weighed the dry biomass. At the end of the experiment, in May 2015, we measured plant height and SLA for 30 species in neutral soil. For each species, we collected up to 20 representative leaves (depending on the leaf size of the species) from four individuals and measured the leaf area by scanning fresh leaves immediately after harvest and determining the mass of the same leaves after drying.

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van Moorsel, Sofia J, Hahl, Terhi, Wagg, Cameron, De Deyn, Gerlinde B, Flynn, Dan F B, Zuppinger-Dingley, Debra (2017). Dataset: Plant biomass data (measured from 2012 to 2015) and plant trait data (measured in 2015). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.881799

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Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.881799
Author van Moorsel, Sofia J
Given Name Sofia J
Family Name van Moorsel
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Hahl, Terhi
Wagg, Cameron
De Deyn, Gerlinde B
Flynn, Dan F B
Zuppinger-Dingley, Debra
Source Creation 2017
Publication Year 2017
Resource Type application/zip - filename: van-Moorsel-etal_2017
Subject Areas
Name: Ecology

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Title: Community evolution increases plant productivity at low diversity
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12879
Type: DOI
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Year: 2018
Source: Ecology Letters
Authors: van Moorsel Sofia J , Hahl Terhi , Wagg Cameron , De Deyn Gerlinde B , Flynn Dan F B , Zuppinger-Dingley Debra , Schmid Bernhard , Chave Jerome .

Title: Detailed plot information used in Moorsel et al., 2017
Identifier: https://store.pangaea.de/Publications/Moorsel-etal_2017/Experiment_details.pdf
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