Data Package Metadata View Summary

Spring and Fall plant cover across grassland-shrubland ecotones at 3 sites in the Jornada Basin, 2005-ongoing

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

knb-lter-jrn.210262001.2

Title:

Spring and Fall plant cover across grassland-shrubland ecotones at 3 sites in the Jornada Basin, 2005-ongoing

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

The objective of this ongoing study is to investigate how pulses of precipitation translate into pulses of plant aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) across grassland to shrubland ecotones in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. This dataset consists of ocular plant cover and height measurements to be used for estimating aboveground net primary in three habitat vegetation zones (grassland, ecotone, and shrubland) at three grassland-to-shrubland ecotone sites in the Jornada Basin, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA. Sampling is conducted twice a year: in the spring before the growing season and in the fall after the growing season.

Publication Date:

2022-04-04

Language:

English

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

Time Period

Begin:

2005-06-01

End:

2018-10-31

People and Organizations
Contact:	Jornada Basin LTER Information Manager (Jornada Basin LTER) [ email ]
Creator:	Bestelmeyer, Brandon T (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range)
Creator:	Schooley, Robert (University of Illinois)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	Spring and Fall plant cover and height measurements from Ecotone study, 2005-ongoing
Description:	Add description

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210262001/2/96d78e1360995da0ddd418dd0ffd7aa2
Name:	Spring and Fall plant cover and height measurements from Ecotone study, 2005-ongoing
Description:	Add description
Number of Records:	149578
Number of Columns:	16

Table Structure

Object Name:

Ecotone_quadrat_plant_cover.csv

Size:

13424598 byte

Authentication:

cc60ae3c882691527aab80b607cf847d Calculated By MD5

Text Format:

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Record Delimiter:

Orientation:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:	,
Quote Character:	"

Table Column Descriptions

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Column Name:

year

date

season

site

zone

row

quad

LTER_code

USDA_code

Species_binomial

cover

cnt

phen

habit

form

Definition:

year of measurement

date of measurement

season of measurement

site

habitat zone within site

row of quadrat within habitat zone

quadrat identification number

JRN LTER plant species code

USDA Plants species code

species binomial

plant cover

plant height

count of the number of plants

plant phenology class

plant habit

plant form

Storage Type:

date

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float

string

Measurement Type:

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nominal

ratio

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

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Precision	1

Format	YYYY-MM-DD
Precision	1

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	CDRRC Pasture 3
Definition	Pasture 3 on the CDRRC
Source

Code Definition

Code	JER Pasture 12A
Definition	Pasture 12 A on the JER
Source

Code Definition

Code	JER Pasture 9
Definition	Pasture 9 on the JER
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	E
Definition	Ecotone habitat portion of site
Source

Code Definition

Code	G
Definition	Grassland habitat portion of site
Source

Code Definition

Code	S
Definition	Shrubland habitat portion of site
Source

Definition

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any text

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

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Type	real

Unit	centimeter
Type	real

Unit	dimensionless
Type	real

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	V
Definition	Vegetative
Source

Code Definition

Code	F
Definition	Flowering or reproductive state
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	P
Definition	Perennial
Source

Code Definition

Code	A
Definition	Annual
Source

Code Definition

Code	B
Definition	Biennial
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	ST-SU
Definition	Stem succulent form
Source

Code Definition

Code	FORB
Definition	Forb or broad-leaved herb form
Source

Code Definition

Code	GRASS
Definition	Grass or graminoid form
Source

Code Definition

Code	SHRUB
Definition	Shrub form
Source

Code Definition

Code	S-SHR
Definition	Sub-shrub form
Source

Code Definition

Code	LF-SU
Definition	Leaf succulent form
Source

Code Definition

Code	VINE
Definition	Vine form
Source

Missing Value Code:

Code	NA
Expl	Invalid/unknown code or value

Code	NA
Expl	Not applicable or unknown

Code	NA
Expl	Not applicable or unknown

Code	NA
Expl	Not applicable or unknown

Code	NA
Expl	Not applicable or unknown

Code	NA
Expl	Not applicable or unknown

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

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Methods:

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, Primary Production
LTER Controlled Vocabulary v1	aboveground production, canopy cover, deserts, grasses, herbs, plant, plant cover, shrubs, vascular plants, vegetation
none	Jornada Basin LTER, black grama, core, ecotone, honey mesquite, long-term experiment, plant, shrub encroachment, shrub invasion
Jornada Basin LTER dataset keywords	Vegetation Dynamics, core
Jornada Basin project names	Ecotone, study 262
Jornada Basin place names	CDRRC Pasture 3, Pasture 12A, Pasture 9

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:

This experiment was conducted at three sites, each with a grassland-to-shrubland ecotone. Two of the sites, JER Pasture 9 and JER Pasture 12A, occur on the USDA Agricultural Research Service Jornada Experimental Range. One site, CDRRC Pasture 3, is located on the New Mexico State University Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center. Climate is arid to semi-arid, with long-term (90-year) mean annual temperature of 15C and mean annual precipitation of 250 mm, over half of which occurs in summer (July to September).

Sites were chosen to contain 3 distinct habitat types (ecotone positions): grassland, ecotone, and shrubland. Within each habitat type of each site, 32 1 square meter quadrats were established in 2005, yielding 96 quadrats per site and 288 quadrats for the entire study. Within each habitat type the 32 quadrats are arranged in two parallel rows of 16 quadrats each, running perpendicular to the grassland-to-shrubland gradient. Within a row, each quadrat is approximately 20 meters apart. Distance between the two parallel rows is about 55 meters. The rows are parallel to and between rodent trapping lines in data package knb-lter-jrn.210262008.

Quadrats are sampled nondestructively for ocular live cover and height of each species twice per year: once in the spring and once in the fall after the growing season. Two permanent plastic stakes mark the diagonal corners of each quadrat. Measurements are taken within portable square frames placed on the staked corners, with an internal area of 1 square meter. The interior of the frame is gridded with twine into one hundred 10 cm x 10 cm sections (each 1% of the quadrat’s area) to facilitate plant cover estimates. Plant cover is measured for each species at a minimum of 0.1% and the height to the nearest centimeter. These measurements are used to calculate annual net primary productivity in data packages knb-lter-jrn.210262004 (annual ANPP by plant functional group) and knb-lter-jrn.210262005 (annual ANPP by site).

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:

Brandon T Bestelmeyer

Organization:

USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range

Address:

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

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

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5060-9955

Individual:

Robert Schooley

Organization:

University of Illinois

Email Address:

schooley@illinois.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5951-2340

Contacts:

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER

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

Address:

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

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 USA

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:

2005-06-01

End:

2018-10-31

Sampling Site:

Description:

Headquarters or unspecified: Jornada Experimental Range Headquarters. These generic coordinates may not necessarily specify the location of the study. More precise geographic coordinates for this study may be requested from the JRN LTER Data Manager (jornada.data@nmsu.edu).

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-106.740997

Latitude (degree):

32.617001

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Jornada Basin LTER

Personnel:

Individual:

Dr. Niall Hanan

Address:

P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3JER,

New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 United States

Phone:

575-646-3335 (voice)

Email Address:

nhanan@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:

JRN LTER is funded by the National Science Foundation under award DEB 2025166.

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	No maintenance description provided.
Frequency:	notPlanned

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Spring and Fall plant cover across grassland-shrubland ecotones at 3 sites in the Jornada Basin, 2005-ongoing

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