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| Title | Multiple-site grassland peat soil dataset from Ireland |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 | Teagasc Department | Soil, Environment and Land-Use Research |
| Téama | Crops, Environment and Land Use |
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| Language | English |
| Principal Investigator (PI) | Prof Owen Fenton |
| Principal Investigator (PI) email | owen.fenton@teagasc.ie |
| Principal Investigator (PI) ORCID | 0000-0001-7119-2538 |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.82253/5fsg-j574 |
| Citation | Fenton, O., Tuohy, P., Renou-Wilson, F., & Luis, L. L.-S. (2026). Plant Identity Impacts the Soil Microbiome More Than Interspecific Interactions in Intensively Managed Grasslands [Data set]. Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority. https://doi.org/10.82253/5FSG-J574 |
| Rights notes | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Project funders | Core Funded by Teagasc |
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| Provenance information | Database 1: At each grassland site, depth specific soil samples were collected from a 30 x 30 m area representative of the site, using a ‘W’ sampling approach with a sample point in each of the five inflection points of the ‘W’. For each of the five points, geographical coordinates were recorded and a 1 m-depth soil core was retrieved (using Eijkelkamp™ gouge augers, 25 mm or 56 mm inner diameter, depending on peat soil type) and divided into five soil depth intervals (0–10 cm, 10–20 cm, 20–30 cm, 30–60 cm and 60–100 cm), resulting in a total of 25 soil samples (5 points x 5 depths) per site. Some sites had consolidated mineral subsoil or bedrock material which impeded sampling the lower depths (shown as "NA" in the datasets). Database 2: At the centre of each 30 x 30 m sampling area, two undisturbed soil samples for each of the five soil depths were collected using the most suitable sampling tool for each peat soil type, and used to determine bulk density (BD), gravimetric soil water content (SWC). For the majority of sites, undisturbed soil cylindrical cores of a known volume (80 mm internal diameter and 50 mm height) were taken by inserting sharp-edged stainless-steel METER™ SZ250 rings from the top and into the centre of the specific soil depth interval. This process involved carefully excavating the soil (avoiding compaction) up to 2-3 cm above the middle point of the depth interval (carefully retrieving the grass root mat in the case of the top 0-10 cm soil layer), after which the ring was fully inserted, retrieved carefully, and the excess of soil peeled with a putty knife so the soil sample was flushed to the internal volume of the ring. The dimensions of the soil BD rings used followed the recommendations in the literature (internal ring diameter > 75mm; ring height < ring diameter). For sites in which excavating soil pits down to ~80 cm was not feasible (due to rapid water ingress), Eijkelkamp™ flap gouge augers (also known as peat samplers; Group 1, Site 11) or 56 mm-diameter prismatic gouge augers were used instead to retrieve undisturbed soil BD samples of a known volume for each depth layer. For highest accuracy, the inner volume of the augers was calculated with a high-definition computerised scanner. |
| Time of data collection | Over a 2 year period from 2023-2025 |