Soil respiration on experimental plots with grass and tree vegetation from savanna in Kruger National Park

The data contains measurements on soil respiration from 20 plots in the research exclosure of the University of Cape Town in southern Kruger National Park, South Africa. The experiment design constists of 20 different plots with 4 different treatmens (grass only, tree only, both, vegetation exclusion). Measurements were taken between September 2011 and January 2012.

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Field Value
Geographic coverage
Geographic description southern Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Bounding coordinates
North: -20.125
West: 26.0
East: 31.625
South: -31.375
Temporal coverage
Time period
Begin: September 1, 2011
End: January 31, 2012
Other info
Last Updated December 17, 2020, 15:21 (UTC)
Created December 17, 2020, 15:21 (UTC)

Responsible parties

Creator
Name Edmund Feburary
Organization affiliations
University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town
Cape Town
South Africa
Role

Creator
Name Steven Higgins
Organization affiliations
Department of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Altenhoeferallee 1
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Contact
Name Edmund Feburary
E-mail
Organization affiliations
University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town
Cape Town
South Africa

Contact
Name Steven Higgins
Organization affiliations
Department of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Altenhoeferallee 1
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Associated party
Organization affiliations
The Andrew Mellon Foundation
Role

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https://dataportal.senckenberg.de/dataset/889f1dc0-0308-4049-955f-72197761dd4d