Author: Jones SB1 Reviewers: Lee H2, Reinsch S3 Measurement unit: oC; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €€; Running costs: €; Installation effort: medium; Maintenance effort: medium; Knowledge need: medium; Measurement mode: data logger Soil temperature is a measure of the intensity of heat present in soil (Buchan, 2001), which…
3.6 Soil wetability or water repellency
Authors: Lebron I1 and Robinson DA1 Reviewer: Reinsch S1 Measurement unit: s (seconds); Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: -; Installation effort: -; Maintenance effort: -; Knowledge need: low; Measurement mode: manual Soil water repellency (SWR) is the inability of water to wet or infiltrate a soil….
3.7 Sap flux
Authors: Matheny AM1, Bohrer G2 Reviewer: Lee H3 Measurement unit: kg H2O m-2 sapwoods-1; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €–€€; Running costs: €–€€; Installation effort: medium; Maintenance effort: medium to high; Knowledge need: high; Measurement mode: data logger Transpiration is the largest component of the terrestrial hydrologic cycle (Jasechko…
3.8 Ecosystem water stress
Authors: Estiarte M1,2 and Vicca S3 Reviewer: Lee H4, Reinsch S5 Measurable unit: ratio (unitless); Measurement scale: site; Equipment costs: €€; Running costs: €; Installation effort: medium; Maintenance effort: medium; Knowledge need: medium to high; Measurement mode: data logger Water stress (WS) in terrestrial ecosystems develops when soil water…
4.1 Sexual plant reproduction
Authors: Gillespie MAK1, Hegland SJ1 Reviewers: Töpper JP2,3, Muffler L4,5 Measurable unit: various (see below); Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: €; Installation effort: low; Maintenance effort: low; Knowledge need: low; Measurement mode: manual Plant reproduction refers to an individual plant’s ability to produce offspring and can…
4.2 Seed viability, germinability, and dormancy
Authors: Eycott AE1,2, Wilfahrt PA3 Reviewers: Vandvik V2, 4, Tielbörger K5 Measurement unit: proportion; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: €; Installation effort: low; Maintenance effort: low; Knowledge need: low (viability and germinability) to high (dormancy); Measurement mode: manual Seeds are the sexual regeneration stage of plants….
4.3 Plant demography
Authors: Linstädter A1,2, Töpper JP3,4 Reviewer: Tielbörger K5 Measurement unit: counts and mm; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €€; Running costs: €; Installation effort: low; Maintenance effort: low; Knowledge need: medium; Measurement mode: manual Plant demography is the study of population size (abundance) and its underlying parameters. It describes…
4.4 Bud dormancy depth
Authors: Malyshev AV1 Reviewers: Muffler L1,2, Wilfahrt P3 Measurement unit: days to budburst, proportion of budburst; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: €; Installation effort: low; Maintenance effort: medium to high; Knowledge need: low; Measurement mode: manual Vegetative bud dormancy is a characteristic of many northern plant…
4.5 Aboveground plant phenology
Authors: Halbritter AH1, Gillespie MAK2, Estiarte M3,4 Reviewers: Wohlgemuth T5, Peñuelas J3,4 Measurement unit: days, growing degree days, counts; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €-€€; Running costs: €; Installation effort: low to medium; Maintenance effort: high (frequent recording); Knowledge need: medium (species knowledge); Measurement mode: manual or data logger…
4.6 The soil seed bank (buried seed pool)
Authors: Vandvik V1, Eycott AE2,3 Reviewers: Tielbörger K4, Wilfahrt P5 Measurement unit: number of seeds m-2 or m-3; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: €; Installation effort: medium; Maintenance effort: high; Knowledge need: high (seedling identification skills); Measurement mode: manual When mature and viable seeds reach the…