This "Data from: Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands" readme.txt file was generated on 2021-09-28 by Anne Ebeling GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of Dataset: Data from: Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands 2. Author Information A. Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Anne Ebeling Institution: Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Jena, Germany Address: Dornburger Strasse 159, 07743 Jena, Germany Email: anne.ebeling@uni-jena.de B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Dana M. Blumenthal Institution: USDA-ARS, Rangeland Resources & Systems Research Unit, US Address: US1701 Center Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80526, US Email: dana.blumenthal@usda.gov 3. Date of data collection: 2014-08-01 to 2016-12-30 4. Geographic location of data collection: Country Site Name Latitude Longitude Argentina Fortín Chacabuco -41.01 -71.15 Argentina Las Chilcas -36.28 -58.27 Argentina Mar Chiquita -37.72 -57.42 Argentina Potrok Aike 51.92 -70.41 Australia Bogong -36.87 147.25 Australia Burrawan -27.73 151.14 Australia Mt. Caroline -31.78 117.61 Australia Yarramundi -33.61 150.73 Canada Koffler Scientific Reserve 44.02 -79.54 Finland Kilpisjärvi 69.05 20.83 Germany Bad Lauchstaedt 51.39 11.88 Germany JeNut 50.93 11.53 India Kibber 32.32 78.01 Portugal Companhia das Lezirias 38.82 -8.79 South Africa Ukulinga -29.67 30.4 Switzerland Fruebuel 47.11 8.54 Switzerland Val Mustair 46.63 10.37 US Bunchgrass 44.28 -121.97 US Chichaqua Bottoms 41.79 -93.39 US Cedar Creek LTER 45.42 -93.21 US Konza LTER 39.07 -96.58 US Mclaughlin UCNRS 38.86 -122.41 US Saline Experimental Range 39.05 -99.10 US Shortgrass Steppe LTER 40.82 -104.77 US Sheep Experimental Station 44.24 -112.20 US Spindletop 38.14 -84.50 US Temple 31.04 -97.35 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: -Coordination and data management NutNet collaborative experiment: National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network (NSF-DEB-1042132), Long Term Ecological Research (NSF-DEB-1234162 to Cedar Creek LTER) program, Institute on the Environment (DG-0001-13) -workshop by the Synthesis Centre of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig (DFG FZT 118) SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: none 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: A. Ebeling, A.T. Strauss et al. (2021). Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology, Manuscript number JEcol-2021-0229 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: none 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: none 5. Was data derived from another source? none 6. Recommended citation for this dataset: Ebeling, A. and Blumenthal D. M. (2021). Data from: Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1. File List: LeafDamage_NutNet.csv (the dataset contains leaf damage data of 153 taxa across 27 experimental sites worldwide under ambient and elevated nutrient conditions) 2. Relationship between files, if important: none 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: none 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Methods are described in: A. Ebeling, A.T. Strauss et al. (2021). Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology 2. Methods for processing the data: Methods are described in: A. Ebeling, A.T. Strauss et al. (2021). Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Described in: A. Ebeling, A.T. Strauss et al. (2021). Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: none 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: Described in: A. Ebeling, A.T. Strauss et al. (2021). Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Described in: A. Ebeling, A.T. Strauss et al. (2021). Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Names are given in: A. Ebeling, A.T. Strauss et al. (2021). Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Nutrient Network- invertebrate and pathogen leaf damage 1. Number of variables: 11 2. Number of cases/rows: 10691 3. Variable List: variable description data type/ unit site ID of the contributing sites character badlau.de= Bad Lauchstaedt, Germany bari.ar= Fortín Chacabuco, Argentina bnch.us= Bunchgrass, US bogong.au= Bogong, Australia burrawan.au= Burrawan, Australia cbgb.us= Chichaqua Bottoms, US cdcr.us= Cedar Creek LTER, US chilcas.ar= Las Chilcas, Argentina comp.pt= Companhia das Lezirias, Portugal frue.ch= Fruebuel, Switzerland jena.de= JeNut, Germany kibber.in= Kibber, India kilp.fi= Kilpisjärvi, Finland koffler.ca= Koffler Scientific Reserve, Canada konz.us= Konza LTER, US marc.ar= Mar Chiquita, Argentina mcla.us= Mclaughlin UCNRS, US mtca.au= Mt. Caroline, Australia potrok.ar= Potrok Aike, Argentina saline.us= Saline Experimental Range, US sgs.us= Shortgrass Steppe LTER, US shps.us= Sheep Experimental Station, US spin.us= Spindletop, US temple.us= Temple, US ukul.za= Ukulinga, South Africa valm.ch= Val Mustair, Switzerland yarra.au= Yarramundi, Australia year_sampling calendar year of data collection character treatment_year number of years after the first nutrient application number plot plot ID within each site character experimental_treatment indicates the experimental treatment character (N= nitrogen, P= phosphorus, NP= nitrogen and phosphorus, Control= without nutrient application taxon_replicate.plot replicate ID per taxon and plot character (between 1 and 5 reps per species and plot) taxon identity of the plant species character functional_group functional group the taxon belongs to character (GRASS= grasses, FORB= all non-leguminous forbs, LEGUME= legumes) taxon_cover.plot percent cover of taxon in the experimental plot percent invert_damage.perc invertebrate damage on the leaf percent pathogen_damage.perc pathogen damage on the leaf percent 4. Missing data codes: no missing data 5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: none