Data underlying article 'Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands: Linking plant functional traits with soil hydrology'

DOI:10.4121/19635243.v1
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DOI: 10.4121/19635243
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Mens, Lotte; Bargues-Tobella, Aida; Sterck, Frank; Vågen, Tor-Gunnar; Winowiecki, Leigh Ann et. al. (2022): Data underlying article 'Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands: Linking plant functional traits with soil hydrology'. Version 1. 4TU.ResearchData. dataset. https://doi.org/10.4121/19635243.v1
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Geolocation

Muminji, Embu district, south-east of Mount Kenya, Kenya

Time coverage

June - August 2019

Licence

CC BY 4.0

We measured field-saturated soil hydraulic conductivity (Kfs) and soil organic carbon (SOC) in 38 plots across agricultural landscapes in Muminji, Kenya. Woody vegetation and land use inventories took place and species functional traits were measured on the 63 most important species. We systematically tested the effects of vegetation quantity (aboveground woody 

biomass and vegetation cover) and quality (functional properties and diversity) on soil health (Kfs as a proxy for soil infiltrability and SOC for soil fertility). 

This dataset contains the data that underlies the analysis and outcomes of this study, described for each dataset below.

History

  • 2022-11-02 first online, published, posted

Publisher

4TU.ResearchData

Format

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Organizations

Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research;
Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences;
World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya

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