Appendix A. List of selected treatments at each site.
TABLE A1. List of the selected treatments at each site. Litter replicates from all treatments (n = 136) were scanned by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy, while only those from the most representative treatments at each site (n = 86, gray cells) were retained for the microcosm experiment. These latter litter replicates were used to develop calibration equations between litter spectral properties and its decomposability. These calibrations then allowed predicting the decomposability of all litters from their spectral data, including those that were not incubated in microcosm (white cells).
Country |
Locality |
Abbreviation |
Treatment 1 |
Treatment 2 |
Treatment 3 |
Treatment 4 |
Treatment 5 |
Treatment 6 |
Treatment 7 |
Czech Republic |
Ohrazeni |
CZ-OHR |
Mown and Fertilized |
Unmown and Unfertilized |
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France |
Ercé/Angladure |
FR-ERC |
Mown / Mown / Grazed |
Mown / Mown / Grazed |
Grazed |
Grazed |
Grazed / Mown / Grazed |
Grazed / Mown / Grazed |
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France |
Hautes Garrigues du Montpelliérais |
FR-HGM |
Abandoned |
Abandoned |
Abandoned |
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France |
Col du Lautaret |
FR-LAU |
Ploughed / Mown and Fertilized |
Ploughed / Mown and |
Ploughed / Grazed and |
Never ploughed / Mown |
Never ploughed / Grazed |
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Germany |
Müritz National Park |
GE-MNP |
Heavily grazed |
Moderately grazed |
Abandoned (fresh soil) |
Heavily grazed |
Moderately grazed |
Abandoned |
Forest |
Greece |
Lagadas |
GR-LAG |
Grazed grassland |
Grazed abandoned field |
Grazed open shrubland |
Grazed dense shrubland |
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Israel |
Karei Deshe |
IS-KDE |
Heavily grazed |
Moderately grazed |
Abandoned |
Abandoned |
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Portugal |
Mértola/ |
PT-MER |
Rotationally cultivated |
Abandoned |
Abandoned |
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Scotland |
South Uist (Staoinebrig) |
SC-SUT |
Abandoned |
Abandoned fallow |
Unploughed |
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Sweden |
South East |
SE-BAL |
Grazed |
Abandoned |
Abandoned |
Abandoned |
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