Data Package Metadata View Summary

Termite casing data from the long-term Small Mammal Exclosure Study (SMES) at Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2005

General Information

Data Package:
Local Identifier:	knb-lter-jrn.210086008.78
Title:	Termite casing data from the long-term Small Mammal Exclosure Study (SMES) at Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2005
Alternate Identifier:	DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:	This data package contains termite activity data in plots with a range of herbivore exclusion treatments on 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 spring and fall from 1995-2005, a tape measure was used to measure the length, diameter, and height in centimeters of each termite casing in these vegetation quadrats. This study is complete.
Publication Date:	2019-08-20

Time Period

Begin:

1995-04-10

End:

2011-10-29

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 MSB; Univ. of NM))
Creator:	Bestelmeyer, Brandon (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	SMES Termite casing dimension observations on 1m quadrats
Description:	SMES Termite casing dimension observations on 1m quadrats
Other Name:	SMES veg quadrat measurement and data preparation protocol
Description:	SMES veg quadrat measurement and data preparation protocol

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210086008/78/30f5af1495093acbeba3bc5e153ef6ae
Name:	SMES Termite casing dimension observations on 1m quadrats
Description:	SMES Termite casing dimension observations on 1m quadrats
Number of Records:	49691
Number of Columns:	21

Table Structure

Object Name:

JRNStudy_086_smes_termite_casing_data.csv

Size:

6011167 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

length

width

height

area

comment_code

year

season

type

keyfield

datasetid

POINT_X

POINT_Y

table_id

layer_id

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]

Length in cm of termite casing

Width in cm of termite casing

Height in cm of termite casing

Area of termite casing

Book -or- Tape number

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

Year of measurement

Season (S=spring; F=fall)

Data type (CR=cryptogamic crust)

spatial primary key field (specific to Jornada Information Management System [JIMS])

old dataset identifier (specific to JIMS)

x spatial coodinate [NEED COORDINATE SYSTEM, DATUM, PROJECTION SYSTEM, ...] (specific to JIMS)

y spatial coodinate [NEED COORDINATE SYSTEM, DATUM, PROJECTION SYSTEM, ...] (specific to JIMS)

data table id (specific to JIMS)

spatial layer id (specific to JIMS)

Storage Type:

date

string

float

string

float

string

date

string

float

string

Measurement Type:

dateTime

nominal

ratio

nominal

ratio

nominal

dateTime

nominal

ratio

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

Unit	number
Type	natural
Min	1
Max	4

Unit	number
Type	natural
Min	1
Max	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

Unit	number
Type	natural
Min	1
Max	36

Unit	centimeter
Type	whole
Min	0
Max	100

Unit	centimeter
Type	whole
Min	0
Max	81

Unit	centimeter
Type	whole
Min	0
Max	61

Unit	squareCentimeters
Type	whole
Min	0
Max	134400

Definition

Book -or- Tape number

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	See data history log
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
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	TC
Definition	Termite casing
Source

Definition

spatial primary key field (specific to Jornada Information Management System [JIMS])

Definition

old dataset identifier (specific to JIMS)

Unit	degree
Type	real
Min	-106.86
Max	-106.77

Unit	degree
Type	real
Min	32.51
Max	32.6

Definition

data table id (specific to JIMS)

Definition

spatial layer id (specific to JIMS)

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:

c44795a6b927f9c73e93d6f830ac088b Calculated By MD5

Externally Defined Format:

Format Name:

unknown

Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210086008/78/0e413f639d60c2745efb103c64774370

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, soils, termites, insects, invertebrates, detritus, herbivory, litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, deserts, grasslands, shrubs, long term monitoring
JRN Dataset Keywords	Plant-Animal Interactions
Jornada Project Names	SMES
Jornada Place Names	SMES
LTER Core Area	Disturbance, Land Use and Land Cover Change

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.

Upon visiting each quadrat during spring and fall, the field crew recorded the dimensions of each termite mud casing within the quadrat. There may be multiple casing dimensions measured in each quadrat per date. Dimensions of the casings were recorded to the nearest centimeter. Field observations were recorded on micro-cassette tape recorders and SAS programs were used to analyze the data.

Further details on measurements and data preparation can be found in the SMES vegetation quadrat protocol included with this package: SMESvegquadprotocol.pdf

People and Organizations

Creators:

Individual:	David Lightfoot
Organization:	Jornada Basin LTER (now at MSB; 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:

1995-04-10

End:

2011-10-29

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:	completed
Frequency:

Other Metadata

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Data Package Metadata View Summary

Termite casing data from the long-term Small Mammal Exclosure Study (SMES) at Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2005

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Termite casing data from the long-term Small Mammal Exclosure Study (SMES) at Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2005

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