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