https://researchdata.se/en/catalogue Search results en Phenotypic plant data and herbivory intensity data from eight Solanum dulcamara populations in four habitats, and arthropod data from five of these populations collected in pan straps and sticky traps. The phenotypic plant data include measures on growth and reproduction. Herbivory data include measures on lost leaf area. Arthropod data are divided into different taxa. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:19:13 GMT https://researchdata.se/en/catalogue/dataset/2026-144 https://researchdata.se/en/catalogue/dataset/2026-144 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Åsa Lankinen Kristin Aleklett The data is used in the study "Pyric herbivory in a temperate European wood-pasture system", in which we introduced fire and herbivory in a full-factorial experiment in a temperate European wood-pasture system to test if pyric herbivory operates in ways comparable to grassy systems elsewhere in the world. The dataset consists of data from photo traps describing the time in seconds per one-minute video that cattle performed a certain behavior and in which part of a study plot they were located, data on fuel height (cm) and fire cover (m2 and %) in each study plot and year, and data on species and life form cover (%) in each study plot in the end of the experiment. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:50:04 GMT https://researchdata.se/en/catalogue/dataset/2024-28 https://researchdata.se/en/catalogue/dataset/2024-28 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Karin Amsten Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt Dries P. J. Kuijper Jenny M. Loberg Jens Jung My Strömgren Marcin Churski Mats Niklasson Fire and herbivory are fundamental top-down processes, structuring grass-tree ratios in ecosystems across a diversity of climates. Both are plant consumers that can strongly control the recruitment of woody seedlings or saplings to taller height classes. Without such ‘consumer control’, many grass-dominated ecosystems would convert into woodlands or forests. While extensively studied in savannas, few have explored the effects of these disturbance regimes on woody recruitment under temperate conditions. We exposed saplings of the five most common European tree species to fire and herbivory in a full factorial experiment in a savanna-like wood-pasture on the Swedish west coast. After three years, we evaluated the effects of fire and herbivory on tree sapling survival and height increment. The tree species used, varying in traits and in expected response to fire and herbivory, were Scots pine Pinus sylvestris, Norway spruce Picea abies, European oak Quercus robur, Silver birch Betula pendula and Small-leaved lime Tilia cordata. Fire and herbivory, and their combination, had a negative effect on both survival and height increment but with large differences among species. Sapling survival was reduced to a similar extent for all species except Q. robur, which was not affected by fire. Both processes, and the combination, reduced height increment of B. pendula, while only herbivory reduced the height increment of Q. robur. P. sylvestris, P. abies and T. cordata had a similar height increment in all treatments. Overall, the combined effect of fire and herbivory was similar to the effect of herbivory alone, indicating no additional effect of fire when herbivores were present. Our experiment shows how fire and herbivory can cause a strong consumer control on the recruitment of European temperate trees on a wood-pasture, by reducing the recruitment of saplings to the next demographic stage. Responses to fire and herbivory differed from general predictions of species performance which highlights the need for further experiments addressing drivers of landscape openness and tree-grass interaction. The data set consists of one file with data on tree saplings suvival and height increment, and one file with explanations to the variables. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:27:01 GMT https://researchdata.se/en/catalogue/dataset/2021-193-1 https://researchdata.se/en/catalogue/dataset/2021-193-1 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Karin Amsten Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt Dries P. J. Kuijper Jenny M. Loberg Mats Niklasson