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  • Line-Intercept Vegetation cover from Small Mammal Exclusion Study (SMES) at the Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2005
  • Lightfoot, David; Jornada Basin LTER (now at Univ. of NM)
    Bestelmeyer, Brandon; USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
  • 2019-09-09
  • Lightfoot, D. and B. Bestelmeyer. 2019. Line-Intercept Vegetation cover from Small Mammal Exclusion Study (SMES) at the Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2005 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-28).

  • This is package provides data for perennial plant vegetation canopy cover measured from all SMES study plots, fall 1995 to fall 205. The purpose of this data is to provide ground-truth data for comparison with low-level aerial photographs of each study plot. Three, 29 meter lines were measured along three of six rows of the permanent vegetation measurement quadrats. Each line was measured at 10cm resolution for intercepts of perennial plant live canopy cover, and for bare ground. 10cm resolution is comparable to the resolution of the aerial photos. All plants were identified to the species level. These line-intercept measurements are taken once every ten years, at the same time that low-level aerial photographs are taken. These data will be compared to both decadal air photos, and annual measures of vegetation from 1 meter x 1 meter quadrats on each plot to provide information on vegetation change over time relative to the various animal exclosure treatments. This study is complete.

  • Geographic Coordinates
    • N: 32.5427713, S: 32.46722784, E: -106.7294433, W: -106.8514602
    • N: 32.7494871, S: 32.47317259, E: -106.6927163, W: -106.8728831
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