Data Package Metadata View Summary

Plant community data at water sources, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya (2015-2017)

General Information

Data Package:
Local Identifier:	edi.9.1
Title:	Plant community data at water sources, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya (2015-2017)
Alternate Identifier:	DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:	Data package contains four datasets of plant measurements taken at Mpala Research Centre, Laikipia County, Kenya from November 2015-September 2017. Additional code for data analysis is also provided as part of the publication `The effects of herbivore aggregations at water sources on savanna plants differ across soil and climate gradients`.
Publication Date:	2021-01-27

Time Period

Begin:

2015-11-02

End:

2017-11-21

People and Organizations
Contact:	Titcomb, Georgia C (University of California, Santa Barbara) [ email ]
Creator:	Titcomb, Georgia C (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Associate:	Titcomb, Georgia C (University of California, Santa Barbara, Owner)
Associate:	Amooni, Godfrey (Mpala Research Centre, Field Assistant)
Associate:	Mantas, John N (Mpala Research Centre, Field Assistant)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	Count data
Description:	Cover data for broad plant groups
Data Table Name:	Diversity data
Description:	Data for diversity analyses
Data Table Name:	Species data
Description:	Data for species-specific analyses
Data Table Name:	Height data
Description:	Vegetation height data for all species
Other Name:	Count analysis
Description:	R code for count analyses
Other Name:	Diversity analysis
Description:	R code for diversity analyses
Other Name:	Height analysis
Description:	R code for height analyses
Other Name:	Species analysis
Description:	R code for species analyses
Other Name:	Phylogenetic tree
Description:	Phylogenetic tree used for diversity analyses

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


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Description:	Cover data for broad plant groups
Number of Records:	1608
Number of Columns:	11

Table Structure

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Site

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MAP

Soil

Plant_group

Treatment

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Dung_Count

Definition:

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Outward distance from center of survey area

Sampling season

Location

Prior 30-day rainfall aggregate

Mean annual precipitation

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Plant group

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Plant cover (percent of pins)

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Code Definition

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Code Definition

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Definition

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Code Definition

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Source

Code Definition

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Code Definition

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Source

Code Definition

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Source

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Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

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Source

Code Definition

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Data Table


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Soil

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Count

Definition:

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Source

Code Definition

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Code Definition

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Source

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Enumerated Domain

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Source

Code Definition

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Code Definition

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Source

Code Definition

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Definition	September 2017
Source

Definition

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Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

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Source

Code Definition

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Source

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Unit	millimetersPerYear
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Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

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Definition	Black silt/clay
Source

Code Definition

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Source

Definition

Plant species

Unit	dimensionless
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Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/9/1/67227c9f56873531b277bd9f291bc826
Name:	Species data
Description:	Data for species-specific analyses
Number of Records:	41184
Number of Columns:	13

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Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

Date

commID

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Season

Site

Treatment

Rain30

MAP

Dung_Count

Soil

Species

Count

Definition:

Date

Community identifier

Outward distance from center of sampling area

Combined distance and site type

Sampling season

Location

Water source or matrix site designation

Prior 30-day rainfall aggregate

Mean annual precipitation

Mean dung count

Soil type

Plant species

Mean count of species within distance bin

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Definition

Community identifier

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

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Definition	0-45 meter band from center of sampling area
Source

Code Definition

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Definition	100-145 meter band from center of sampling area
Source

Code Definition

Code	50-95
Definition	50-95 meter band from center of sampling area
Source

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Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

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Source

Code Definition

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Definition	February 2016
Source

Code Definition

Code	n15
Definition	November 2015
Source

Code Definition

Code	s17
Definition	September 2017
Source

Definition

Location

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

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Definition	Matrix site
Source

Code Definition

Code	WH
Definition	Water source
Source

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Type	real
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Unit	millimetersPerYear
Type	natural
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Max	625

Unit	countsPer6metersSquared
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Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	Black
Definition	Black silt/clay
Source

Code Definition

Code	Red
Definition	Red sand
Source

Definition

Plant species

Unit	dimensionless
Type	whole
Min	0
Max	50

Missing Value Code:

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Code	NA
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Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/9/1/2b407c2fc1015888f8035d8225ec9cca
Name:	Height data
Description:	Vegetation height data for all species
Number of Records:	4154
Number of Columns:	9

Table Structure

Object Name:

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Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

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Dung

max

Definition:

Location

Water source or matrix site

Outward distance from center of sampling area

Sampling season

Prior 30 day rainfall

Mean annual precipitation

Soil type

Mean dung count

Maximum height of any species touching the vegetation sampling pin

Storage Type:

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Measurement Type:

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Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

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Source

Code Definition

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Definition	Matrix site
Source

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Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

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Code Definition

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Definition	February 2016
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Code Definition

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Definition	November 2015
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Code Definition

Code	s17
Definition	September 2017
Source

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Unit	millimetersPerYear
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Max	625

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

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Definition	Black silt/clay soil
Source

Code Definition

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Definition	Red sand soil
Source

Unit	countsPer6metersSquared
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Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

Count analysis

Entity Type:

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Description:

R code for count analyses

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Name:

Height analysis

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Name:

Species analysis

Entity Type:

unknown

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Name:

Phylogenetic tree

Entity Type:

unknown

Description:

Phylogenetic tree used for diversity analyses

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Data Package Usage Rights

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
(No thesaurus)	Mpala Research Centre, plant-herbivore interactions, water sources, phylogenetic diversity, abiotic effects
LTER Controlled Vocabulary	species richness, grazing, vegetation

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

We conducted four seasons of plant surveys at 17 water sources at Mpala Research Centre. Sites spanned a range of abiotic conditions, including variable soil types, mean annual precipitation, and prior rainfall. In the study, we analyse the differing effects of herbivore impacts on vegetation around water as a function of abiotic context. Detailed methods are provided in the parent publication 'The effects of herbivore aggregations at water sources on savanna plants differ across soil and climate gradients'.

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@environmentaldatainitiative.org

Web Address:

https://environmentaldatainitiative.org

Creators:

Individual:

Georgia C Titcomb

Organization:

University of California, Santa Barbara

Email Address:

georgiatitcomb@gmail.com

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2206-1125

Contacts:

Individual:

Georgia C Titcomb

Organization:

University of California, Santa Barbara

Email Address:

georgiatitcomb@gmail.com

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2206-1125

Associated Parties:

Individual:

Georgia C Titcomb

Organization:

University of California, Santa Barbara

Email Address:

georgiatitcomb@gmail.com

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2206-1125

Role:

Owner

Individual:	Godfrey Amooni
Organization:	Mpala Research Centre
Role:	Field Assistant

Individual:	John N Mantas
Organization:	Mpala Research Centre
Role:	Field Assistant

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

2015-11-02

End:

2017-11-21

Geographic Region:

Description:

Mpala Research Centre

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	0.519960	Southern:	0.269218
Western:	36.823750	Eastern:	36.922153

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

The effects of herbivore aggregations at water sources on savanna plants differ across soil and climate gradients

Personnel:

Individual:

Hillary S Young

Organization:

University of California, Santa Barbara

Email Address:

hillary.young@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0449-8582

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation DEB-1556786

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	complete
Frequency:

Other Metadata

Additional Metadata

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Data Package Metadata View Summary

Plant community data at water sources, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya (2015-2017)

Data Entities

Data Table

Data Table

Data Table

Data Table

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Non-Categorized Data Resource

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Non-Categorized Data Resource

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Data Package Usage Rights

Keywords

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

People and Organizations

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Project

Parent Project Information:

Maintenance

Additional Metadata

Recently Added

Recently Updated

Data Package Metadata View Summary

Plant community data at water sources, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya (2015-2017)

+/- Data Entities

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+/- Keywords

+/- Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

+/- People and Organizations

+/- Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

+/- Project

Parent Project Information:

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Project

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