Data Package Metadata View Summary

Lizard pitfall trap data from 11 NPP study locations at the Jornada Basin LTER site, 1989-2006

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

knb-lter-jrn.210007001.53

Title:

Lizard pitfall trap data from 11 NPP study locations at the Jornada Basin LTER site, 1989-2006

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

This data package contains data on lizards sampled by pitfall traps located at 11 consumer plots at Jornada Basin LTER site from 1989-2006. The objective of this study is to observe how shifts in vegetation resulting from desertification processes in the Chihuahaun desert have changed the spatial and temporal availability of resources for consumers. Desertification changes in the Jornada Basin include changes from grass to shrub dominated communities and major soil changes. If grassland systems respond to rainfall without significant lags, but shrub systems do not, then consumer species should reflect these differences. In addition, shifts from grassland to shrubland results in greater structural heterogeneity of the habitats. We hypothesized that consumer populations, diversity, and densities of some consumers will be higher in grasslands than in shrublands and will be related to the NPP of the sites. Lizards were captured in pitfall traps at the 11 LTER II/III consumer plots (a subset of NPP plots) quarterly for 2 weeks per quarter. Variables measured include species, sex, recapture status, snout-vent length, total length, weight, and whether tail is broken or whole. This study is complete.

Publication Date:

2022-05-15

Language:

English

For more information:
Visit:	https://jrn.lternet.edu
Visit:	DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period

Begin:

1989-06-16

End:

2006-08-18

People and Organizations
Contact:	Jornada Basin LTER Information Manager (Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University) [ email ]
Creator:	Lightfoot, David C (Jornada Basin LTER (now at Univ. of NM))
Creator:	Whitford, Walter G (Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	Lizard pitfall data file
Description:	Data on lizards collected in pitfall traps from 1989-2006 at Jornada LTER
Other Name:	Taxonomic codes text file
Description:	Key to taxonomic codes used in the data file
Other Name:	History file
Description:	History file documenting problem codes in the data file
Other Name:	JRN DSD file (Dataset Documentation)
Description:	Early format Jornada metadata file (DSD) for this dataset
Other Name:	Detailed protocol description 1
Description:	Detailed pitfall trap protocol, applies to lizard and arthropod collections
Other Name:	Detailed protocol description 2
Description:	Detailed pitfall trap protocol for lizard collections - written later and is more complete

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210007001/53/731f52d77045dfc5957589d35c2e6227
Name:	Lizard pitfall data file
Description:	Data on lizards collected in pitfall traps from 1989-2006 at Jornada LTER
Number of Records:	4091
Number of Columns:	14

Table Structure

Object Name:

JRN007001_lizard_pitfall_data_89-06.csv

Size:

198865 byte

Authentication:

f4830790d54e7a1083c03cb1eb5813c9 Calculated By MD5

Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Number of Foot Lines:

Record Delimiter:

Orientation:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:	,
Quote Character:	"

Table Column Descriptions

Date

Vegetation zone

Site

Plot

Pit

Species

Sex

Recaptured

Toe number

Snout vent

Total length

Weight

Tail condition

Problem code

Column Name:

date

zone

site

plot

pit

spp

sex

rcap

toe_num

SV_length

total_length

weight

tail

Definition:

Data collection date

Jornada basin vegetation zone code (C, G, M, T)

Research site

Plot identifier (A-D)

Pitfall trap number (1-16)

Species code (4 letter acronym, see Lizard code file)

Sex (M, F, J)

Recapture status

Toe mark number

Snout-vent length (mm)

Body length (mm)

Body weight (g)

Tail condition (B, W)

Problem code (0 or 1)

Storage Type:

date

string

integer

string

integer

float

string

boolean

Measurement Type:

dateTime

nominal

interval

nominal

interval

ratio

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Format	YYYY-MM-DD
Precision	1

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	C
Definition	Creosote shrubland vegetation type
Source

Code Definition

Code	G
Definition	Grassland vegetation type
Source

Code Definition

Code	M
Definition	Mesquite dune vegetation type
Source

Code Definition

Code	T
Definition	Tarbush vegetation type
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	CALI
Definition	Caliche site (creosote shrubland)
Source

Code Definition

Code	SAND
Definition	Sand site (creosote shrubland; formerly UPTR - upper trailer)
Source

Code Definition

Code	BASN
Definition	Basin site (grassland at lower trailer)
Source

Code Definition

Code	IBPE
Definition	IBP Exclosure site (grassland)
Source

Code Definition

Code	RABB
Definition	Rabbit rain gauge site (mesquite)
Source

Code Definition

Code	WELL
Definition	West well site (mesquite)
Source

Code Definition

Code	EAST
Definition	East of Jornada road tarbush site (tarbush)
Source

Code Definition

Code	WEST
Definition	West of Jornada road tarbush site (tarbush)
Source

Code Definition

Code	GRAV
Definition	Gravel site (creosote shrubland)
Source

Code Definition

Code	SUMM
Definition	Mt. Summerford site (grassland)
Source

Code Definition

Code	NORT
Definition	North natural vegetation exclosure site (mesquite)
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	A
Definition	Plot A
Source

Code Definition

Code	B
Definition	Plot B
Source

Code Definition

Code	C
Definition	Plot C
Source

Code Definition

Code	D
Definition	Plot D
Source

Unit	number
Type	integer

Definition

any text

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	M
Definition	Male
Source

Code Definition

Code	J
Definition	Juvenile
Source

Code Definition

Code	F
Definition	Female
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	N
Definition	New capture
Source

Code Definition

Code	R
Definition	Recapture
Source

Unit	number
Type	integer

Unit	millimeter
Type	real

Unit	millimeter
Type	real

Unit	gram
Type	real

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	B
Definition	Broken
Source

Code Definition

Code	W
Definition	Whole
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	No measurement problem or comment recorded
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Measurement problem or comment recorded in history file
Source

Missing Value Code:

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value - data not collected or otherwise unavailable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value - data not collected or otherwise unavailable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value - data not collected or otherwise unavailable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value - data not collected or otherwise unavailable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value - data not collected or otherwise unavailable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value - data not collected or otherwise unavailable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value - data not collected or otherwise unavailable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value - data not collected or otherwise unavailable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value - data not collected or otherwise unavailable

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

Taxonomic codes text file

Entity Type:

otherEntity

Description:

Key to taxonomic codes used in the data file

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

Lizardcodelist.txt

Size:

1416 byte

Authentication:

23259611ddd551e1eee1d0d0156ffbc5 Calculated By MD5

Externally Defined Format:

Format Name:

text/plain

Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210007001/53/717b51c16318540b2312e545806a63ff

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

History file

Entity Type:

otherEntity

Description:

History file documenting problem codes in the data file

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

lizrdpit.his.txt

Size:

42025 byte

Authentication:

a7a7a3386025715d677af98c37c9ac3d Calculated By MD5

Externally Defined Format:

Format Name:

text/plain

Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210007001/53/1b3c84ab832ff5537e85092e3b86f749

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

JRN DSD file (Dataset Documentation)

Entity Type:

otherEntity

Description:

Early format Jornada metadata file (DSD) for this dataset

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

lizrdpit.dsd.txt

Size:

34555 byte

Authentication:

894b62a86e9110122c90814d7c90bad6 Calculated By MD5

Externally Defined Format:

Format Name:

text/plain

Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210007001/53/392ffff125b26f947b8cfc5727b5b805

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

Detailed protocol description 1

Entity Type:

otherEntity

Description:

Detailed pitfall trap protocol, applies to lizard and arthropod collections

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

pitfall.pro.txt

Size:

28587 byte

Authentication:

93b4edc1b4f500f62a208c39f6fc3e58 Calculated By MD5

Externally Defined Format:

Format Name:

text/plain

Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210007001/53/770a2841de0a2809ff1cc9704ba1078d

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

Detailed protocol description 2

Entity Type:

otherEntity

Description:

Detailed pitfall trap protocol for lizard collections - written later and is more complete

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

LizrdPro.pdf

Size:

691314 byte

Authentication:

3fb6d3e783403d040ce972f1c89c0a87 Calculated By MD5

Externally Defined Format:

Format Name:

PDF

Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210007001/53/7705d65472f8d7f2fd0aee3284dd7ec7

Data Package Usage Rights

This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Core Research Areas	populations
LTER Controlled Vocabulary v1	consumers, density, diversity, lizards, pitfall traps, populations, reptiles
Jornada Basin LTER dataset keywords	LTER II, LTER III
Jornada Basin project names	study 007
Jornada Basin place names	C-CALI, C-GRAV, C-SAND, CDRRC, G-BASN, G-IBPE, G-SUMM, JER, M-NORT, M-RABB, M-WELL, T-EAST, T-WEST

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:

Methods

In conjunction with the Jornada net primary production studies, consumer and faunal studies were conducted at or near NPP sites using pitfall traps. "Consumer plot" trapping grids were established in 1989 (LTER II) at three creosotebush sites, three grassland sites, and three mesquite sites, and two tarbush sites (11 of the 15 NPP sites). Each grid consisted of 4 x 4 rows of traps spaced at 15 meter intervals. Note that methods changed somewhat in 1995 at the start of 1995, and separate pitfall traps for arthropods were also established at this time. Two of the lizard pitfall grids were discontinued (G-IBPE-A and M-RABB-C), and new grids were established (G-SUMM, M-NORT). Very detailed methods that include this change are described in the attached "dsd" file and others listed under Additional Files below.

Each trap was 40 cm deep and contained an inner plastic container and funnel. A ceramic tile was placed over each trap to close the trap during non-sampling perions. For a 2-week period during each quarterly sample period, the tiles were raised on one side, and the traps were checked every 3 days in summer and once a week in winter. Individual lizards were taken from the traps, identified, sexed, measured, and weighed. Each lizard was clipped with a unique number using the codes on the diagram on the field data sheets. Toe clipping was done from 1989 to 1995. Starting in March 1995 toe clipping was terminated and lizards were instead marked with a black sharpie marking pen to provide a temporary mark to determine recapture status over a particular 2-week trapping period. A black mark was made posterior to the cloaca on the ventral base of the tail.

Traps were opened for two consecutive weeks every month for the period 16 June 1989 to 23 August 1991. Beginning after August 1991, traps were opened for two consecutive weeks quarterly: in February-March (following winter NPP measurements), in May-June (following spring NPP), in August, and in October-November (following fall NPP).

Note that arthropods were collected concurrently with this study, first in the same traps from 1988-1994 (knb-lter-jrn.210008002), and then in a separate grid of pitfall traps from 1996-2001 (knb-lter-jrn.210008001).

Notes about the data

In early years of the study, there were multiple pitfall grids at some NPP sitesthat are distinguished by Plot identifiers, and there no pitfall grids at other NPP sites. In 1995, the pitfall grids at M-RABB Plot C and G-IBPE Plot A sites were discontinued and new grids were established at two additional NPP sites, M-NORT and G-SUMM. Also included in this dataset are observations from one additional pitfall grid called C-SAND Plot C that was discontinued in 1997, and from an unknown location (plot values = NA) associated with the M-RABB site (possibly identified as Plot B or BB). It may be advisable to remove these observations from analysis.

The species code column (spp) includes a few codes not included in the original list of lizard species in 'Lizardcodelist.txt'. The NONE code signifies that an observation was made at the pitfall trap, but it was not of a lizard or other species (usually flooding or other problems). SOSE and BUDE codes probably stand for Sonora semiannulata (ground snake) and Bufo debilis (green toad), respectively.

Finally, note that the recapture marking method changed in 1995 from toe clipping to using marking pens. This change is detailed in some of the additional files listed below.

Additional files

'Lizardcodelist.txt' is a text file describing the taxonomic codes identifyinglizards in the data file (by scientific and common name). The 'CODE' column should match (at least some of) the taxonomic codes in the data file.

'lizrdpit.his.txt' is a listing of notes recorded during data collection. Often they are field notes specific to a particular record in the data file. The 'pc' column in the data file references this file when its value is 1.

'lizrdpit.dsd.txt' is a metadata file created during the time of the study. It contains additional metadata that may not have been placed into the current EML file for this data package.

'pitfall.pro.txt' is a detailed sampling protocol. It applies to early arthropod and lizard collections during this project.

'LizardPro.pdf' is another detailed protocol. It was written after the 1995 changes to the experimental design and is specific to lizards.

Related publications

none found so far

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@environmentaldatainitiative.org

Web Address:

https://environmentaldatainitiative.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Individual:

David C Lightfoot

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER (now at Univ. of NM)

Email Address:

dlightfo@unm.edu

Individual:

Walter G Whitford

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University

Address:

P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.

Contacts:

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University

Position:

Jornada Basin LTER Information Manager

Address:

P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 USA

Phone:

575-646-1739

Email Address:

jornada.data@nmsu.edu

Web Address:

https://lter.jornada.nmsu.edu/information-management/

Metadata Providers:

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University

Position:

Jornada Basin LTER program

Address:

P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 USA

Email Address:

jornada.lter@nmsu.edu

Web Address:

https://lter.jornada.nmsu.edu

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period

Begin:

1989-06-16

End:

2006-08-18

Geographic Region:

Description:

NPP study locations: There are 15 sites used in the NPP study, spanning 5 vegetation community types in the Jornada Basin. This bounding box includes all 15 sites. More precise geographic coordinates for this study may be requested from the JRN LTER Data Manager (jornada.data@nmsu.edu).

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	32.669000	Southern:	32.488000
Western:	-106.865000	Eastern:	-106.713000

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Jornada Basin LTER III

Personnel:

Individual:

Dr. William Schlesinger

Address:

Earth and Ocean Sciences,

Duke University, A150 LSRC,

Durham, NC 27708 United States

Phone:

575-646-1739 (voice)

Email Address:

jornada.lter@nmsu.edu

Role:

Principal Investigator

Abstract:

The Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program is part of a national network of long-term ecological research sites funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). The Jornada LTER program has been continuously funded since 1982 to develop general principles governing changes between grassland and shrubland ecosystems based on long-term data collected in the Chihuahuan Desert. We translate our findings to dryland ecosystems around the world, and forecast the dynamics of future ecosystem states in response to changing climate and land use.

Funding:

At the time of this study, JRN LTER was funded by the National Science Foundation under award DEB 9411971.

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	completed
Frequency:	asNeeded

Other Metadata

Additional Metadata

additionalMetadata
        |___text '\n    '
        |___element 'metadata'
        |     |___text '\n      '
        |     |___element 'unitList'
        |     |     |___text '\n        '
        |     |     |___element 'unit'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'abbreviation' = 'g'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'id' = 'gram'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'multiplierToSI' = '0.001'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'name' = 'gram'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'parentSI' = 'kilogram'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'unitType' = 'mass'
        |     |     |     |___text '\n          '
        |     |     |     |___element 'description'
        |     |     |     |     |___text '0.001 kg'
        |     |     |     |___text '\n        '
        |     |     |___text '\n        '
        |     |     |___element 'unit'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'abbreviation' = 'mm'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'id' = 'millimeter'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'multiplierToSI' = '0.001'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'name' = 'millimeter'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'parentSI' = 'meter'
        |     |     |     |___text '\n          '
        |     |     |     |___element 'description'
        |     |     |     |     |___text '.001 meters'
        |     |     |     |___text '\n        '
        |     |     |___text '\n        '
        |     |     |___element 'unit'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'id' = 'number'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'name' = 'number'
        |     |     |     |  \___attribute 'unitType' = 'dimensionless'
        |     |     |     |___text '\n          '
        |     |     |     |___element 'description'
        |     |     |     |     |___text 'a quantity or amount'
        |     |     |     |___text '\n        '
        |     |     |___text '\n      '
        |     |___text '\n    '
        |___text '\n  '

Copyright 2024 Environmental Data Initiative. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants #2223103 and #2223104. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Please contact us with questions, comments, or for technical assistance regarding this web site or the Environmental Data Initiative. Please read our privacy policy to know what information we collect about you and to understand your privacy rights.

EDI is a collaboration between the University of New Mexico and the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Center for Limnology:

Data Package Metadata View Summary

Lizard pitfall trap data from 11 NPP study locations at the Jornada Basin LTER site, 1989-2006

Data Entities

Data Table

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Non-Categorized Data Resource

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:

Methods

Notes about the data

Additional files

Related publications

People and Organizations

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Project

Parent Project Information:

Maintenance

Additional Metadata

Recently Added

Recently Updated

Data Package Metadata View Summary

Lizard pitfall trap data from 11 NPP study locations at the Jornada Basin LTER site, 1989-2006

+/- Data Entities

Data Table

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Non-Categorized Data Resource

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:

Methods

Notes about the data

Additional files

Related publications

+/- People and Organizations

+/- Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

+/- Project

Parent Project Information:

+/- Maintenance

+/- Additional Metadata

Data Entities

Data Package Usage Rights

Keywords

Methods and Protocols

People and Organizations

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Project

Maintenance

Additional Metadata