Soil structure and earthworms show partial recovery in 18 year old forest skid trails

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Main Authors: Behringer, Maximilian, Koestel, John, Muys, Bart, Wriessnig, Karin, Bieringer, Markus, Schlögl, Matthias, Katzensteiner, Klaus
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author Behringer, Maximilian
Koestel, John
Muys, Bart
Wriessnig, Karin
Bieringer, Markus
Schlögl, Matthias
Katzensteiner, Klaus
author_facet Behringer, Maximilian
Koestel, John
Muys, Bart
Wriessnig, Karin
Bieringer, Markus
Schlögl, Matthias
Katzensteiner, Klaus
contents <p><strong>The data in this repository was collected at an <span lang="EN-CA">experimental field site, Steinplattl (48°07’24.93“N 16°02’51.68“E, 530 AMSL). <span lang="EN-CA">It accompanies the recently submitted paper “A long road to soil health restoration: earthworms and soil structure show partial recovery in 18 year old forest skid trails” by the same authors as listed above.</span> </span></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>EW_report.csv</strong></p> <p>A csv file containing data on earthworms. The column names of this table are the sampling <em>ID</em>, earthworm <em>species</em>, <em>age</em> of the earthworm (we distinguished between juvenile and adult), the <em>year</em> in which the skid track was trafficked (04 stands for the winter 2004/05 and 23 for the winter 2022/23), in each of the sampled skid tracks 3 samples were taken. This is encoded in the <em>repetition</em> column. The column <em>treat</em> specifies the treatment: H18 was trafficked 18 years before sampling, C18 is the corresponding control, H01 was trafficked 1 year before sampling C01 is the corresponding control. <em>strack</em> is the number of the skid track that was sampled. <em>fun_group</em> shows the functional group the earthworms were assigned to, <em>total_count_m2</em> indicates the earthworm count n/m², <em>total_mass_m2</em> the biomass of earthworms g/m² both corrected for plot size; <em>total_count_plot</em> and <em>total_mass_plot</em> indicate the number/mass of earthworms encountered on the respective plot. <em>pH_H20</em> is the pH value measured in water in the upper 20 cm at the sampling point and <em>pair</em> indicates which trafficked plot (H) corresponds to which control plot (C).</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>ewid_report.csv</strong></p> <p>This csv file shows the pH for each sampling location (<em>ID</em>) of the earthworm sampling and is a summary of EW_report.csv. Hence, variables reported in this file have the same meaning as in the file above.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>texture.csv</strong></p> <p>This file contains information on the measured texture. The columns show the sample number* (<em>nr</em>) of the soil core, <em>sand</em>, <em>silt</em> and <em>clay </em>content in percent, the sampling <em>depth</em> with 1 encoding a depth of 2.5-7.5 cm and 2 12.5-17.5 cm and the treatment (<em>treat</em>) which is the same as in EW_report.csv</p> <p>* Note: <em>ID</em> (earthworms) and <em>nr</em> (soil cores) do not encode the exact same samples, as the sampling design was adapted specifically for earthworm sampling and undisturbed soil core sampling.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>XRT_report.csv</strong></p> <p>The first column <em>nr</em> specifies the sampling number. The column <em>treat</em> specifies the treatment (same as above). <em>strack</em> is the number of the skid track that was sampled. <em>depth</em> denotes the sampling depth (same as for texture.csv), <em>rep</em> is the repetition, i.e., which of the tree cylinders taken from one soil pit. <em>pair</em> indicates which trafficked plot (H) corresponds to which control plot (C). <em>pit</em> indicates from which soil pit and depth the cylinders were sampled (e.g. H0411 would be soil pit H041 at 2.5-7.5 cm and H0412 would be the same soil pit at 12.5-17.5 cm). </p> <p><span lang="EN-CA">The following measured parameters are included in this file:</span></p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 215.6px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 33.2703%;"><col style="width: 33.2703%;"><col style="width: 33.2703%;"></colgroup> <tbody> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;"><strong>Parameter</strong></td> <td style="height: 19.6px;"><strong>Meaning </strong></td> <td style="height: 19.6px;"><strong>Unit</strong></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 39.2px;"> <td style="height: 39.2px;">z_aniso_rock</td> <td style="height: 39.2px;">The anisotropy of rock fragments with a focus on horizontal structures</td> <td style="height: 39.2px;">[-]</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">z_anisopo</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">The anisotropy<span lang="EN-CA"> </span>of pore space with a focus on horizontal structures</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">[-]</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">biopor_prz</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Image derived biopores</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">gamma_p</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Gamma connectivity of pores</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">[-]</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">percvol_pore</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Percolating volume of pores.</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">mm³/mm³</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">pore_prz</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Imaged porosity </td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">bd</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Fine earth (<2mm) bulk density </td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">g/cm³</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">C_prz</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Soil organic carbon</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">CN</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">C/N ratio</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">[-]</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
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spellingShingle Soil structure and earthworms show partial recovery in 18 year old forest skid trails
Behringer, Maximilian
Koestel, John
Muys, Bart
Wriessnig, Karin
Bieringer, Markus
Schlögl, Matthias
Katzensteiner, Klaus
soil health
timber harvesting
forestry
skid trail
earthworms
X-ray
tomography
<p><strong>The data in this repository was collected at an <span lang="EN-CA">experimental field site, Steinplattl (48°07’24.93“N 16°02’51.68“E, 530 AMSL). <span lang="EN-CA">It accompanies the recently submitted paper “A long road to soil health restoration: earthworms and soil structure show partial recovery in 18 year old forest skid trails” by the same authors as listed above.</span> </span></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>EW_report.csv</strong></p> <p>A csv file containing data on earthworms. The column names of this table are the sampling <em>ID</em>, earthworm <em>species</em>, <em>age</em> of the earthworm (we distinguished between juvenile and adult), the <em>year</em> in which the skid track was trafficked (04 stands for the winter 2004/05 and 23 for the winter 2022/23), in each of the sampled skid tracks 3 samples were taken. This is encoded in the <em>repetition</em> column. The column <em>treat</em> specifies the treatment: H18 was trafficked 18 years before sampling, C18 is the corresponding control, H01 was trafficked 1 year before sampling C01 is the corresponding control. <em>strack</em> is the number of the skid track that was sampled. <em>fun_group</em> shows the functional group the earthworms were assigned to, <em>total_count_m2</em> indicates the earthworm count n/m², <em>total_mass_m2</em> the biomass of earthworms g/m² both corrected for plot size; <em>total_count_plot</em> and <em>total_mass_plot</em> indicate the number/mass of earthworms encountered on the respective plot. <em>pH_H20</em> is the pH value measured in water in the upper 20 cm at the sampling point and <em>pair</em> indicates which trafficked plot (H) corresponds to which control plot (C).</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>ewid_report.csv</strong></p> <p>This csv file shows the pH for each sampling location (<em>ID</em>) of the earthworm sampling and is a summary of EW_report.csv. Hence, variables reported in this file have the same meaning as in the file above.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>texture.csv</strong></p> <p>This file contains information on the measured texture. The columns show the sample number* (<em>nr</em>) of the soil core, <em>sand</em>, <em>silt</em> and <em>clay </em>content in percent, the sampling <em>depth</em> with 1 encoding a depth of 2.5-7.5 cm and 2 12.5-17.5 cm and the treatment (<em>treat</em>) which is the same as in EW_report.csv</p> <p>* Note: <em>ID</em> (earthworms) and <em>nr</em> (soil cores) do not encode the exact same samples, as the sampling design was adapted specifically for earthworm sampling and undisturbed soil core sampling.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>XRT_report.csv</strong></p> <p>The first column <em>nr</em> specifies the sampling number. The column <em>treat</em> specifies the treatment (same as above). <em>strack</em> is the number of the skid track that was sampled. <em>depth</em> denotes the sampling depth (same as for texture.csv), <em>rep</em> is the repetition, i.e., which of the tree cylinders taken from one soil pit. <em>pair</em> indicates which trafficked plot (H) corresponds to which control plot (C). <em>pit</em> indicates from which soil pit and depth the cylinders were sampled (e.g. H0411 would be soil pit H041 at 2.5-7.5 cm and H0412 would be the same soil pit at 12.5-17.5 cm). </p> <p><span lang="EN-CA">The following measured parameters are included in this file:</span></p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 215.6px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 33.2703%;"><col style="width: 33.2703%;"><col style="width: 33.2703%;"></colgroup> <tbody> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;"><strong>Parameter</strong></td> <td style="height: 19.6px;"><strong>Meaning </strong></td> <td style="height: 19.6px;"><strong>Unit</strong></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 39.2px;"> <td style="height: 39.2px;">z_aniso_rock</td> <td style="height: 39.2px;">The anisotropy of rock fragments with a focus on horizontal structures</td> <td style="height: 39.2px;">[-]</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">z_anisopo</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">The anisotropy<span lang="EN-CA"> </span>of pore space with a focus on horizontal structures</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">[-]</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">biopor_prz</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Image derived biopores</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">gamma_p</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Gamma connectivity of pores</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">[-]</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">percvol_pore</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Percolating volume of pores.</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">mm³/mm³</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">pore_prz</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Imaged porosity </td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">bd</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Fine earth (<2mm) bulk density </td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">g/cm³</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">C_prz</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">Soil organic carbon</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.6px;"> <td style="height: 19.6px;">CN</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">C/N ratio</td> <td style="height: 19.6px;">[-]</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
title Soil structure and earthworms show partial recovery in 18 year old forest skid trails
topic soil health
timber harvesting
forestry
skid trail
earthworms
X-ray
tomography
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15631419