README File for data belonging to Veen, Sundqvist and Wardle Title: Environmental factors and traits that drive plant litter decomposition do not determine home-field advantage effects Journal: Funtional Ecology Year: 2015 1. “Veen-FE2014-00722_environmental data.txt” Contains environmental data collected at the plot level: soil abiotic properties, soil biotic properties, plant leaf traits, plant litter traits, litter mass loss of litter originating from the plot and percentage of additional decomposition at home. Missing data are indicated by "NA" Variables in the dataset: - vegtype = vegetation type; 3 levels (heath, meadow and salix) - elev = elevation; 3 levels (440 m, 690 m and 900 m) - block = block; 5 levels (A, B, C, D, E) - pH = pH - SOM = soil organic matter content (g per g dry soil) - NH4 = ammonium content (µg per g dry soil) - NO3 = nitrate content (µg per g dry soil) - PO4 = phosphate (µg per g dry soil) - soilC = total soil carbon content (%) - soilN = total soil nitrogen content (%) - soilP = total soil phosphor content (%) - soilmoist = soil moisture content (g per g dry soil) - soiltempyear = yearly average soil temperature (°C) - soiltempsumm = average soil temperature in snow-free months (°C) - fungPLFA = total fungal PLFAs (nmol per g organic matter) - bactPLFA = total bacterial PLFAs (nmol per g organic matter) - cwSLA = community-weighted specific leaf area (mm2 per mg) - cwLDMC = community-weighted leaf dry matter content (mg per g) - leafC = community-weighted leaf carbon content (%) - leafN = community-weighted leaf nitrogen content (%) - leafP = community-weighted leaf phosphor content (%) - leaflignin = community-weighted leaf lignin content (%) - littC = community-weighted litter carbon content (%) - littN = community-weighted litter nitrogen content (%) - littP = community-weighted litter phosphor content (%) - littlignin = community-weighted litter lignin content (%) - MLhome = mass loss of litter originating from the plot (home) - ADH = the amount of additional litter decomposition at home (%) 2. “Veen-FE2014-00722_mass loss.txt” Contains litter mass loss of each litter transplant. Missing data are indicated by "NA" Variables in the dataset: - IncPlot = the incubation plot number, i.e. the plot where the transplanted litter is incubated - IncVeg = the incubation vegetation type, i.e. the vegetation type where the litter is incubated; 3 levels (heath, meadow, salix) - IncElev = the incubation elevation, i.e. the elevation where the litter is incubated; 3 levels (440 m, 690 m, 900 m) - IncBlock = the incubation block number; 5 levels (A, B, C, D, E) - SourcePlot = the source plot, i.e. the plot where the transplanted litter was sourced from - SourceVeg = the source vegetation type, i.e. the vegetation type where the litter was sourced from; 3 levels (heath, meadow, salix) - SourceElev = the source elevation, i.e. the elevation where the litter was sourced from; 3 levels (440 m, 690 m, 900 m) - SourceBlock = the source block number; 5 levels (A, B, C, D, E) - massloss = litter mass lost during the experiment (%)