Data Package Metadata View Summary

Soil disturbance cover data on 1m x 1m plots from the long-term Small Mammal Exclusion Study (SMES) at Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2015

General Information

Data Package:
Local Identifier:	knb-lter-jrn.210086007.7
Title:	Soil disturbance cover data on 1m x 1m plots from the long-term Small Mammal Exclusion Study (SMES) at Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2015
Alternate Identifier:	DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:	This data package contains soil disturbance data from plots with various levels of herbivore exclusion on the Jornada Experimental Range (JER) and Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center (CDRRC) lands. Study sites were established in 1995; one in black grama grassland and the other in creosotebush shrubland to compare the impact of herbivores on ecosystem processes between these vegetation types. Parallel studies were established at the Sevilleta LTER site (New Mexico, USA) and Mapimi Biosphere Reserve (Durango, Mexico). Each study site is 1 km by 0.5 km in area. Four replicate experimental blocks were randomly located at each study site to measure vegetation responses using exclusion treatments including a) all mammalian herbivores, including cattle, lagomorphs, and rodents, b) lagomorphs and cattle only, c) cattle only, and d) control accessible to all herbivores. Thirty-six sampling points were positioned at 5.8-meter intervals on a systematically located 6 by 6 point grid within each plot. A permanent one-meter by one-meter vegetation measurement quadrat is located at each of the 36 points. Each year in spring and fall from 1995-2005, various forms of disturbances (human, rabbit, cow, antelope, rodent, etc) were measured by depth . After 2005, sampling frequency changed to every 5 years. This study is ongoing.
Publication Date:	2019-09-11

Time Period

Begin:

1995-04-03

End:

2015-10-29

People and Organizations
Contact:	Bestelmeyer, Brandon (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range)
Contact:	Manager, Data (Jornada Basin LTER) [ email ]
Creator:	Lightfoot, David (Jornada Basin LTER (now at Univ. of NM))
Creator:	Bestelmeyer, Brandon (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	SMES disturbance cover percent on 1m quadrats
Description:	SMES disturbance cover percent on 1m quadrats
Other Name:	SMES veg quadrat measurement and data preparation protocol
Description:	SMES veg quadrat measurement and data preparation protocol
Other Name:	SMES quadrat data collection comments and history
Description:	SMES quadrat data collection comments and history

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210086007/7/9f3c2e4232c0b73397205c18316e04d6
Name:	SMES disturbance cover percent on 1m quadrats
Description:	SMES disturbance cover percent on 1m quadrats
Number of Records:	30262
Number of Columns:	14

Table Structure

Object Name:

JRNStudy_086_smes_soil_disturbance_data.csv

Size:

1617854 bytes

Authentication:

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Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Record Delimiter:

Orientation:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:

Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

date

site

block

plot

treatment

quad

soildist

cover

depth

comment_code

year

season

type

Definition:

Date data collected

Site location code [C=Creosotebush, G=Grassland]

Block number [1-4]

Plot number [1-4]

Treatment type [C=Control, R=Rodent Exclosure, L=Lagomorph Exclosure, B=Bovine Exclosure]

Quad number [1-36]

Type of soil disturbance

Percent cover of soil disturbance (%)

Measured depth of physical soil disturbance (cm)

Book -or- Tape number

Comment code (0=No comment / 1=See data history log)

Year of measurement

Season (S=spring; F=fall)

Data type (SD=soil disturbance)

Storage Type:

date

string

float

string

date

string

Measurement Type:

dateTime

nominal

ratio

nominal

dateTime

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Format	YYYY-MM-DD
Precision

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	C
Definition	Creosotebush
Source

Code Definition

Code	G
Definition	Grassland
Source

Definition

Block number [1-4]

Definition

Plot number [1-4]

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	C
Definition	Control
Source

Code Definition

Code	R
Definition	Rodent exclosure
Source

Code Definition

Code	L
Definition	Lagomorph exclosure
Source

Code Definition

Code	B
Definition	Bovine exclosure
Source

Definition

Quad number [1-36]

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	AD
Definition	Arthropod dig
Source

Code Definition

Code	HF
Definition	Human foot prints
Source

Code Definition

Code	UD
Definition	Unknown disturbance
Source

Code Definition

Code	DT
Definition	Deer tracks
Source

Code Definition

Code	RB
Definition	Rodent burrow
Source

Code Definition

Code	BT
Definition	Rabbit tracks
Source

Code Definition

Code	YT
Definition	Coyote tracks
Source

Code Definition

Code	RD
Definition	Rodent dig
Source

Code Definition

Code	SD
Definition	No soil disturbance
Source

Code Definition

Code	CT
Definition	Cow tracks
Source

Code Definition

Code	BD
Definition	Rabbit dig
Source

Code Definition

Code	AM
Definition	Ant Mound
Source

Code Definition

Code	SB
Definition	Spider burrow
Source

Code Definition

Code	BF
Definition	Bovine feces
Source

Code Definition

Code	OT
Definition	Oryx tracks
Source

Code Definition

Code	AT
Definition	Antelope tracks
Source

Code Definition

Code	LB
Definition	Lizard burrow
Source

Code Definition

Code	LD
Definition	Lizard dig
Source

Code Definition

Code	RT
Definition	Rodent tracks
Source

Code Definition

Code	ID
Definition	Insect dig
Source

Code Definition

Code	IB
Definition	Insect burrow
Source

Code Definition

Code	LT
Definition	Lizard tracks
Source

Code Definition

Code	RR
Definition	Rodent trail
Source

Code Definition

Code	VF
Definition	Bird feces
Source

Code Definition

Code	VT
Definition	Bird tracks
Source

Code Definition

Code	AF
Definition	Antelope feces
Source

Code Definition

Code	IT
Definition	Insect tracks
Source

Unit	dimensionless
Type	real
Min	0
Max	100

Unit	centimeter
Type	whole
Min	0
Max	37

Definition

Book -or- Tape number

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	See data history log
Source

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	No comment
Source

Format	YYYY
Precision

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	S
Definition	Spring
Source

Code Definition

Code	F
Definition	Fall
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	SD
Definition	Soil disturbance
Source

Missing Value Code:

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

SMES veg quadrat measurement and data preparation protocol

Entity Type:

unknown

Description:

SMES veg quadrat measurement and data preparation protocol

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

SMESvegquadprotocol.pdf

Size:

86866 bytes

Authentication:

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Data:

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Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

SMES quadrat data collection comments and history

Entity Type:

unknown

Description:

SMES quadrat data collection comments and history

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

Jornada_086_small_mammal_exclosure_quad_his.txt

Size:

742817 bytes

Authentication:

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Externally Defined Format:

Format Name:

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Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210086007/7/141a488c15da7b1842301964514f4141

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 Controlled Vocabulary	land cover, land surface properties, herbivory, deserts, grasslands, shrubs, long term monitoring, populations, consumers, abundance, long term, small mammals, rabbits, vertebrates, fauna, disturbance
JRN Dataset Keywords	Plant-Animal Interactions, Climate, Soils, and Atmosphere
Jornada Project Names	SMES, study 086
Jornada Place Names	SMES
LTER Core Area	Disturbance, Land Use and Land Cover Change, Populations
(No thesaurus)	animal tracks, burrows

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:

Each study site is 1 km by 0.5 km in area. Four replicate experimental blocks were randomly located at each study site depending on whether the site was grazed. The blocks are all oriented on a site in an X/Y coordinate system, with the access road to each site forming the X axis. The compass orientation at the Jornada grassland site is to the north, and Jornada creosotebush site is oriented to the south. Treatments within each block include one unfenced control plot (Treatment: C; control); one plot fenced with barbed wire, hardware cloth, and poultry wire to exclude rodents, rabbits, and cattle (Treatment: R; rodent); one plot fenced only with barbed and poultry wire to exclude cattle and rabbits (Treatment: L; lagomorph); and one plot fenced with barbed wire to exclude cattle (Treatment B; bovine). Cattle exclosure plots with barbed wire occur only at the black grama grassland site where cattle were present, for a total of 4 treatment plots at each of the four grassland site blocks. There are only 3 treatment plots at each of the creosotebush site blocks. The treatments were randomly assigned to each of the three or four possible plots in each block independently, and their arrangements differ from block to block. Each of the plots in a replicate block is separated by 20 meters. Each plot measures 36 meters by 36 meters. Thirty-six sampling points are positioned at 5.8-meter intervals on a systematically located 6 by 6 point grid within each plot. A permanent one-meter by one-meter vegetation measurement quadrat is located at each of the 36 points.

All cover values are measured using the vegetation measurement frame, which is 1 meter by 1 meter and partitioned into a grid of 100 10 cm by 10 cm squares. Percent cover of disturbances is estimated in minimum increments of 0.1 within each 10 cm square. The maximum vertical extent of each disturbance is measured as far as is visible (excluding long burrows for example) in centimeters. Total soil disturbance cover is then determined as the sum of disturbance areas in all 36 squares within the quadrat and converted to total percent cover (%). Detailed descriptions of measurement techniques are described in the protocol document attached to this package ("SMESvegquadprotocol.pdf").

These measurements were taken twice a year in the spring and fall from 1995-2005. After 2005, sampling frequency changed to once every 5 years in the fall. This study is ongoing.

People and Organizations

Creators:

Individual:	David Lightfoot
Organization:	Jornada Basin LTER (now at Univ. of NM)

Individual:	Brandon Bestelmeyer
Organization:	USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Id:	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5060-9955

Contacts:

Individual:	Brandon Bestelmeyer
Organization:	USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Id:	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5060-9955

Individual:

Data Manager

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER

Email Address:

datamanager.jrn.lter@gmail.com

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period

Begin:

1995-04-03

End:

2015-10-29

Geographic Region:

Description:

SMES Creosotebush (site=C) site is located in the west bajada area. Contact the data manager for more precise study coordinates.

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	32.5427713	Southern:	32.46722784
Western:	-106.8514602	Eastern:	-106.7294433

Geographic Region:

Description:

SMES Grassland (site=G) site is located in the basin floor area. Contact the data manager for more precise study coordinates.

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	32.7494871	Southern:	32.47317259
Western:	-106.8728831	Eastern:	-106.6927163

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Jornada Basin LTER

Personnel:

Individual:	Brandon Bestelmeyer
Organization:	USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Id:	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5060-9955
Role:	Principal Investigator

Funding:

NSF: DEB-1832194

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	ongoing. New data are collected every 5 years.
Frequency:

Other Metadata

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Soil disturbance cover data on 1m x 1m plots from the long-term Small Mammal Exclusion Study (SMES) at Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2015

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Soil disturbance cover data on 1m x 1m plots from the long-term Small Mammal Exclusion Study (SMES) at Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2015

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