<h2>File List</h2><blockquote>
<table>
<tbody><tr>
<td><div>1.</div></td>
<td><a href="BiodepthStability.zip">BiodepthStability.zip</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>2.</div></td>
<td><a href="BiodepthSpeciesBiomass.txt">BiodepthSpeciesBiomass.txt</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>3.</div></td>
<td><a href="BiodepthSpeciesCodes.txt">BiodepthSpeciesCodes.txt</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>4.</div></td>
<td><a href="BiodepthSpeciesNames.txt">BiodepthSpeciesNames.txt</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>5.</div></td>
<td><a href="BiodepthBiomass.txt">BiodepthBiomass.txt</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>6.</div></td>
<td><a href="TemporalCVs.txt">TemporalCVs.txt</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>7.</div></td>
<td><a href="TemporalCVsRandomized.txt">TemporalCVsRandomized.txt</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>8.</div></td>
<td><a href="SpatialCVs.txt">SpatialCVs.txt</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>9.</div></td>
<td><a href="CVandMeanDbar.txt">CVandMeanDbar.txt</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>10.</div></td>
<td><a href="TempCVCovar2Mix.txt">TempCVCovar2Mix.txt</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>11.</div></td>
<td><a href="RankBiomass.txt">RankBiomass.txt</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div>12.</div></td>
<td><a href="Eveness.txt">Eveness.txt</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</blockquote><h2>Description</h2><blockquote>
<p>1. BiodepthStability.zip
contains 11 data files described below. Data files are in ASCII format
(tab-delimited text files).<br>
<br>
2. BiodepthSpeciesBiomass.txt
contains 5802 datapoints with the following variables:<br>
year: variable for year of experiment 1 to
3<br>
site:
factor for site with 8 levels: Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Greece, Ireland,
Sweden, Sheffield (UK), Silwood (UK)<br>
block:
factor for blocks within each site with 15 levels (A to O), two levels per site
except Portugal with one level only<br>
plot:
factor to distinguish each plot at each site with 480 levels<br>
sr:
variable for sown species richness with levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 32<br>
fr:
variable for sown functional richness with levels 1, 2, 3<br>
fgc:
factor for functional group composition. g for grass, f for forb and l for
legume , levels 1-7, 1=g, 2=f, 3=l, 4=gf, 5=gl, 6=fl, 7=gfl<br>
mix.nest:
variable treating same composition from different sites as different
"ecotypes", levels 1-235 (fully nested within sites)<br>
mix:
variable for identical species compositions, levels 1-200 (partially crossed)<br>
grass,forb,legume: contrasts
for functional groups presence in a mixture, levels 0 or 1 (No,Yes)<br>
funct:
factor for the three functional groups grasses, forbs and legumes, three levels g,
f, l and NA (for community level responses)<br>
GRASS,FORB,LEG:
individual functional group contrasts, levels 0 or 1 (No,Yes)<br>
species:
factor to distinguish each species, identical Linnean species at different sites
are coded as different "ecotype" species, 186 levels, species coding
see below<br>
biomass:
aboveground biomass in g/m<sup>2</sup> on
species over the first three years</p>
<p> 3. BiodepthSpeciesCodes.txt
contains:<br>
speciescode:
factor to distinguish each species, identical Linnean species at different sites
are coded as different "ecotype" species, 186 levels, species coding: First
letter stands for functional group (g=grass, h=herb, l=legume) followed by site
number (1-8), followed by the first three letters of genus then the first three
letters of the specific name and then a number to distinguish any doubles in the
data set (non present in this data set)<br>
genus:
Linnean genus<br>
species:
Linnean species name <br>
<br>
4. BiodepthSpeciesNames.txt
contains:<br>
abbrevation:
the
first three letters of genus then the first three letters of the specific name<br>
genus:
Linnean genus<br>
species:
Linnean species
name </p>
<p> 5. BiodepthBiomass.txt
contains:<br>
year: variable for year of experiment 1 to
3<br>
site:
factor for site with 8 levels: Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Greece, Ireland,
Sweden, Sheffield (UK), Silwood (UK)<br>
block:
factor for blocks within each site with 15 levels (A to O), two levels per site
except Portugal with one level only<br>
plot:
factor to distinguish each plot at each site with 480 levels<br>
sr:
variable for sown species richness with levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 32<br>
fr:
variable for sown functional richness with levels 1, 2, 3<br>
fgc:
factor for functional group composition. g for grass, f for forb and l for
legume , levels 1-7, 1=g, 2=f, 3=l, 4=gf, 5=gl, 6=fl, 7=gfl<br>
mix.nest:
variable treating same composition from different sites as different
"ecotypes", levels 1-235 (fully nested within sites)<br>
mix:
variable for identical species compositions, levels 1-200 (partially crossed)<br>
grass,forb,legume: contrasts
for functional groups presence in a mixture, levels 0 or 1 (No,Yes)<br>
funct:
factor for the three functional groups grasses, forbs and legumes, three levels g,
f, l and NA (for community level responses)<br>
GRASS,FORB,LEG:
individual functional group contrasts, levels 0 or 1 (No,Yes)<br>
species:
factor to distinguish each species, identical Linnean species at different sites are
coded as different "ecotype" species, 187 levels (with NA)<br>
level:
factor to distinguish stability measures at the species (Species), functional
groups (Group) or mixture (Community) level<br>
biomass:
aboveground biomass in g/m<sup>2</sup> on
species, functional group and community level over the first three years</p>
<p> 6.
TemporalCVs.txt contains:<br>
site:
factor for site with 8 levels: Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Greece,
Ireland, Sweden, Sheffield (UK), Silwood (UK)<br>
sr:
variable for sown species richness with levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 32<br>
mix.nest:
variable treating same composition from different sites as different
"ecotypes"<br>
level:
factor to distinguish stability measures at the species (Species),
functional groups (Group) or mixture (Community) level<br>
tempCV: temporal coefficient of variation (ratio of the standard deviation, <i>σ</i>,
to the mean, <i>μ</i>,
expressed as percentage) of total aboveground biomass on species, functional group and community
level over the first three years<br>
tempSD:
standard deviation of total aboveground biomass on species, functional group and community
level over the first three years <br>
tempMean:
mean of total aboveground biomass on species, functional group and community
level over the first three years </p>
<p> 7. TemporalCVsRandomized.txt contains:<br>
site: factor for site with 8 levels: Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Greece,
Ireland, Sweden, Sheffield (UK), Silwood (UK)<br>
sr: variable for sown species richness with levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 32<br>
mix.nest: variable treating same composition from different sites as different
"ecotypes"<br>
level: factor to distinguish stability measures at the species (Species),
functional groups (Group) or mixture (Community) level<br>
tempCV: temporal coefficient of variation (ratio of the standard deviation, <i>σ</i>,
to the mean, <i>μ</i>,
expressed as percentage) of total aboveground biomass on species and community
level over the first three years calculated after randomly
assigning the two replicate plots of each mixture to either the population
CV or the community CV omitting the functional group level.</p>
<p> 8. SpatialCVs.txt contains:<br>
year: variable for year of experiment 1 to 3<br>
site:
factor for site with 8 levels: Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Greece, Ireland,
Sweden, Sheffield (UK), Silwood (UK)<br>
sr:
variable for sown species richness with levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 32<br>
mix.nest:
variable treating same composition from different sites as different "ecotypes"<br>
level:
factor to distinguish stability measures at the species (Species), functional
groups (Group) or mixture (Community) level<br>
</p><p> 9.
CVandMeanDbar.txt contains:</p></blockquote><p>...</p
