StevenHigginsDepartment of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Altenhoeferallee 1Frankfurt am MainHesse60438Germany

EdmundFeburaryUniversity of Cape Town

University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa

The Andrew Mellon Foundation

FoundingThis data contains information on root biomass of trees and grasses in Savanna. The Data was obtained during a controlled experiment in southern Kruger National Park South Africa. The results were obtained from samples taken from 20 different plots, containing grasses, trees or a combination of both.kruger national parkroot biomasssavannatree-grass-programContact data-owner before useKruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa31.5931.621589999999998-24.99583-24.99583StevenHigginsDepartment of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Altenhoeferallee 1Frankfurt am MainHesse60438Germany

higgins@em.uni-frankfurt.deEdmundFeburaryUniversity of Cape Town

University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa

Samples were taken as soil cores with 2.cm diameter and depth of 10 cm. Samples were dried after sampling.

Samples were sieved with 500 micrometer mesh size. A shaker was used to extract big roots. Water was used to "float" out fine roots through a sieve

Samples were take from 20 plots in the reserach exclosure of the University of Cape Town in Kruger NAtional Park. The plots are devieded into 3 categories due to their vegetation: trees only, grass only, trees and grass Samples were taken as soil cores with 2.cm diameter and depth of 10 cm. Samples were dried after sampling, and then sieved with 500 micrometer mesh size. A shaker was used to extract big roots. Water was used to "float" out fine roots through a sieve exl_respexp_roots_02.csv exl_respexp_roots_02.csv1523 1#x0Acolumn ; ecogrid://knb/shiggins.206.1 public read DateDate of sampling MM/DD/YYYY TreatmentTreatment of the plot sampled = growth forms growing within the plot GGrass TTree RRespiration only (no vegetation) TGTree and Grass NoPlot number = Plot ID Plot ID SoilDryMassDry mass of soil gramm real TotalDryRootMasstotal dry mass of roots in sample gramm real CourseDryRootMassDry mass of coarse roots gramm real FineDryRootMassDry mass of fine roots gramm real Raduis(mm)radius of sample taken millimeter real Height(mm)depth of the sample taken millimeter real SampleVolume(mm3)Volume of the sample taken cubic millimeter natural XX X21attached_fileNot authorized to access resourceOther gramm cubic millimeter