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…
4.7 Propagule rain
Authors: Eycott AE1, Wilfahrt PA2 Reviewers: Vandvik V1,3, Tielbörger K4 Measurement unit: number of seeds m-2yr-1; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: €; Installation effort: low to medium; Maintenance effort: low to medium; Knowledge need: high (seed identification); Measurement mode: manual Propagule rain (also called seed rain)…
4.8 Plant community composition
Authors: Jaroszynska F1, Eycott AE2,3, Vandvik V1, Halbritter AH1 Reviewers: Peñuelas J4,5, Reinsch S6, Wilfahrt PA7, Wohlgemuth T8 Measurement unit: percentage cover, counts, presence/absence; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: -; Installation effort: low to medium; Maintenance effort: -; Knowledge need: high (species identification); Measurement mode: manual…
4.9 Soil microbial community composition
Authors: Radujković D1, Verbruggen E1 Reviewer: Vik U2 Measurable unit: number and relative abundance of microbial taxa; Measureable scale: plot; Equipment costs: €€; Running costs: €€; Installation effort: medium; Maintenance effort: -; Knowledge need: medium to high; Measurement mode: manual The microbial community composition represents the number and relative…
4.10 Soil micro- and mesofauna community composition
Authors: Konestabo HS1 & Kardol P2 Reviewer: Birkemoe T3 Measurement unit: abundance per area or gram soil; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: €; Installation effort: low to high; Maintenance effort: low to medium; Knowledge need: medium to high (taxonomic knowledge); Measurement mode: manual Soil micro- and mesofauna…