Foliar Nitrogen and Carbon composition of 26 woody savanna species,from Kruger National Park, South Africa.StevenHigginsGoethe University FrankfurtAltenhoeferallee 1FrankfurtHessen60438GERMANYAlexanderZizkaGoethe University FrankfurtEdFebruaryUniversity of Cape TownPrivate BagRondebosch,Cape Town7701South Africathe dataset contains foliar Nitrogen concentration, foliar carbon concentration, c/N ratio, delta15N and delta13C for 26 woody savanna plant species.carbonkruger national parknitrogensavanna vegetationsouth africastable isotopescontact dataowners for questions and permissionsKruger National Park, South Africa26.032.5-18.5-29.75StevenHigginsGoethe University FrankfurtAltenhoeferallee 1FrankfurtHessen60438GERMANYhiggins@em.uni-frankfurt.de Isotope sampling and measurementIsotope sampling and measurement 26 species, from Kruger national Park, collected in 2 different campaignes All samples were collected from leaves lower than 2m. For samples from azizka, 5 leaves per individuals were samples. Isotopes were analyzed using massspectrometer as in February, E.C. & Higgins, S.I. (2010) The distribution of tree and grass roots in savannas in relation to soil nitrogen and water. South African Journal of Botany, 76, 517-523 Isotopes_species_mean.csv Isotopes_species_mean.csv2549 1#x0Acolumn ; ecogrid://knb/shiggins.195.1
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speciescode for species name, see next clumn for entire name acanigAcacia nigrescens comapiCombretum apiculatum comcolCombretum collinum comherCombretum hereroense comimbCombretum imberbe comzeyCombretum zeyheri diccinDichrostachys cinerea grebicGrewia bicolor phivioPhilenoptera violacea gymsenGymnosporia senegalensis pelafrPetophorum africana sclbirSclerocarya birrea strmadStrychnos madagscariensis terserTerminalia sericea acaexuAcacia exuvialis acagerAcacia gerrardii ciscorCissus cornifolia comafrCommiphora africana eucdivEuclea divinorum eucnatEuclea natalensis fluvirFlueggea virrosa gremonGrewia monticola ormtriOrmocarpum trichocarpum senpetSenna petersiana zizmucZiziphus mucronata Species_namefull species name full species name NFoliar Nitrogen concentration on mass base % natural d15Nfoliar delta15N value promille natural Cfoliar Carbon concentration on mass basis % natural d13Cfoliar delta13C value promille natural C.Nfoliar C/N ratio dimensionless natural sourcedata collection shigginsSteve Higgins azizkaAlexander Zizka27 Isotopes_replicates.csv Isotopes_replicates.csv6021 1#x0Acolumn ; ecogrid://knb/shiggins.196.1
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speciescode for species name, see Isotopes_species_mean for full species names code for species name SampleSample ID, Replicate number Replicate number Wt.mgAmount of sample used for analysis milligram real %Nfoliar Nitrogen coincentration on mass basis % real d.15N/14Ndelta15N values promille real std.crct.d.15N/14Nstandard corrected delta15N value promille natural %Cfoliar Carbon concentration on mass absis promille real d.13C/12Cdelate13C value promille real std.crct.d.13C/12Cstandard corrected delta13C value promille real C:N.ratiofoliar C to N ratio dimensionless real sourcedata collector azizkaAlexander Zizka56attached_fileNot authorized to access resourceOtherattached_fileNot authorized to access resourceOther % promille