Table 4 Data available* as Open Access Datasets in e-RA, September 2017 http://www.era.rothamsted.ac.uk/open_access

From: The electronic Rothamsted Archive (e-RA), an online resource for data from the Rothamsted long-term experiments

Dataset

Description

Dates

Comments

Broadbalk: winter wheat since autumn 1843: wheat in rotation with other crops since 1968

 Broadbalk Yields(Data Citation 1)

Mean long-term wheat yields from selected treatments

Continuous wheat: 1852–2016 Wheat in rotation: 1968–2016

Widely used to demonstrate effects of FYM and fertilizers, improved cultivars and pest control on yield

 Broadbalk soil organic carbon (SOC)(Data Citation 2)

Long-term changes in SOC in topsoil (0-23 cm) from selected treatments

Continuous wheat sections only: 1843–2010

Includes % SOC, measured soil weights and calculated SOC, tha−1

 Broadbalk soil Olsen P concentration(Data Citation 3)

Long-term changes in Olsen P in topsoil (0–23 cm)

1843–2010, selected treatments

A measure of plant-available P

Hoosfield: spring barley since 1852

 Hoosfield Yields(Data Citation 4)

Mean long-term barley yields from selected treatments

1852–2015

Shows long-term changes in yield due to improved cultivars, pest control, FYM and fertilizers.

 Hoosfield SOC(Data Citation 5)

Long-term changes in SOC in topsoil (0-23cm) from selected treatments

1852–1998

Includes % SOC, measured soil weights and calculated SOC, tha−1

Park Grass: permanent grassland since 1856, usually cut twice a year

 Park Grass species diversity(Data Citation 6)

Effect of selected fertilizer treatments, with and without chalk, on number of species

1864–2011

Number of species comprising 1% or more of the above-ground biomass.

 Park Grass soil pH(Data Citation 7)

Long-term changes in soil pH (in water) from selected treatments

1856–2011

Shows acidification of soil due to fertilizer use and atmospheric deposition, and effect of liming

Wilderness sites: two contrasting former arable sites which reverted to woodland in the 1880s

 Broadbalk Wilderness accumulation of organic carbon in soil and trees(Data Citation 8)

Accumulation of biomass on a calcareous soil left to revert to woodland since 1882

Broadbalk Wilderness: 1881–1999.

Data on t C ha−1 accumulated in soil, litter, root and above-ground biomass (trees)

 Geescroft Wilderness accumulation of organic carbon in soil and trees(Data Citation 9)

Accumulation of biomass on an acidic soil left to revert to woodland since 1883

Geescroft Wilderness: 1883–1999.

Data on t C ha−1 accumulated in soil, litter, root and above-ground biomass (trees)

Rothamsted meteorological data

 Mean annual temperature at Rothamsted(Data Citation 10)

Mean annual air temperature and five-year mean.

1878–2013

The mean annual temperature is now 1 °C higher than the 1878–1987 average.

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