See the tab-delimited data

Description ofthe variables (i.e. metadata) in the data file.

Variable

Description

Datatype

Units

Comments

ASBSite#

Co-located biodiversity plot numbers

text

 

See ASB site details

Ccase#

Carbon case #

numeric

   

Country

Country code

text

   

Benchmark

Benchmark site

text

   

Site

 

text

   

use

Land-use system

text

   

lat

Latitude

numeric

   

long

Longitude

numeric

   

Use2

Major components and management of the different land-use systems

text

 

The link between the codes used in the datasetand those of landuse is not clear

age

 

numeric

   

sbage

Age since burn

numeric

   

tree

Tree biomass Dry weight

numeric

(kg m-2)

Sampling protocol for the vegetation biomass[to be posted]

under

Understorey or shrub biomass Dry weight

numeric

(kg m-2)

This documentation would be more

complete if the actual raw datawere

linked from.

lit

Surface litter biomass Dry weight

numeric

(kg m-2)

 

abvgrndC

Above ground Carbon

numeric

(t ha-1)

 

rt20

 

numeric

   

rt40

 

numeric

   

soilit

 

numeric

   

rtall

 

numeric

   

soildepth

 

numeric

   

soil5

 

numeric

   

soil15

 

numeric

   

soil20

 

numeric

   

soil40

 

numeric

   

soil60

 

numeric

   

soil50

 

numeric

   

soilc

 

numeric

   

topsoilc

Top soil Carbon (0-20cm depth)

numeric

(t ha-1)