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Total Annual Aboveground Net Primary Productivity across grassland-shrubland ecotones at 3 sites in the Jornada Basin, 2006-ongoing

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-jrn.210262005.3
Title:Total Annual Aboveground Net Primary Productivity across grassland-shrubland ecotones at 3 sites in the Jornada Basin, 2006-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 (NPP) across grassland to shrubland ecotones in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. This dataset consists of annual aboveground net primary productivity estimates 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. The annual ANPP estimates are derived from plant cover measurements (see methods). Due to its growth form, Yucca elata (YUEL) has been found to produce large errors in interyear biomass estimates. This data package contains annual ANPP estimates both with and without YUEL, but the authors strongly recommend using the non-YUEL estimates for most purposes. Data collection is ongoing with new observations in spring and fall of each year; data from both annual sampling times are required to estimate annual ANPP.

Publication Date:2024-03-08
Language:English
For more information:
Visit: https://jrn.lternet.edu
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Time Period
Begin:
2006-05-19
End:
2023-10-24

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

Data Entities
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Total Annual Aboveground Net Primary Productivity by site from Ecotone study
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Data Table

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DefinitionPasture 12 A on the JER
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CodeJER Pasture 9
DefinitionPasture 9 on the JER
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CodeCDRRC Pasture 3
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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 AreasPrimary Production, populations
LTER Controlled Vocabulary v1aboveground production, deserts, grasses, net primary production, shrubs, vascular plants, vegetation
noneJornada Basin LTER, ecotone, long-term experiment, plant, shrub encroachment, shrub invasion
Jornada Basin LTER dataset keywordsVegetation Dynamics, core
Jornada Basin project namesEcotone, prj 262
Jornada Basin place namesCDRRC Pasture 3, Pasture 12A, Pasture 9
USDA National Ag Library's Agricultural ThesaurusLTAR

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:

General study design

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 New Mexico State University's 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 through 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 part 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.

Annual Aboveground NPP estimation methods

Cover and height are used to estimate the volume of each plant. Plant biomass is then estimated non-destructively using the regressions of plant dimensions (i.e., plant volume) vs. live biomass derived from harvest data previously gathered (Huenneke et al., 2001). For perennial shrubs, sub-shrubs, and the perennial grasses Bouteloua eriopoda, Muhlenbergia porteri, and Pleauraphis mutica, the live spring (pre-growth) biomass is treated as the baseline for that year; thus annual aboveground NPP is estimated as the difference between the fall and the spring standing biomass. Any negative differences are taken as zero. For all other species, the maximum of spring or fall live biomass is taken to be the annual ANPP. Annual ANPP is first assessed by species within each quadrat, then summed over all species to calculate total ANPP for each quadrat, then averaged over the 32 quadrats to produce estimates for each habitat zone within each site. The plant cover and height data used to generate these annual ANPP estimates are available in data package knb-lter-jrn.210262001. Also available are annual ANPP estimates by functional group in data package knb-lter-jrn.210262004.

Due to its growth form, Yucca elata (YUEL) has been found to produce large errors in interyear biomass estimates. This data package contains annual ANPP estimates both with and without YUEL, but the authors strongly recommend using the non-YUEL estimates for most purposes.

References

Huenneke, Laura F., Dennis Clason, and Esteban Muldavin. Spatial heterogeneity in Chihuahuan Desert vegetation: implications for sampling methods in semi-arid ecosystems. Journal of Arid Environments 47, no. 3 (2001): 257-270.

Huenneke, Laura F., John P. Anderson, Marta Remmenga, and William H. Schlesinger. Desertification alters patterns of aboveground net primary production in Chihuahuan ecosystems. Global Change Biology 8, no. 3 (2002): 247-264.

Muldavin, Esteban H., Douglas I. Moore, Scott L. Collins, Karen R. Wetherill, and David C. Lightfoot. Aboveground net primary production dynamics in a northern Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. Oecologia 155, no. 1 (2008): 123-132.

Peters, Debra PC, Jin Yao, Osvaldo E. Sala, and John P. Anderson. Directional climate change and potential reversal of desertification in arid and semiarid ecosystems. Global Change Biology 18, no. 1 (2012): 151-163.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@edirepository.org
Web Address:
https://edirepository.org
Id:https://ror.org/0330j0z60
Creators:
Individual: Brandon T Bestelmeyer
Organization:USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Email Address:
brandon.bestelmeyer@usda.gov
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 Program
Position:Information Manager
Address:
P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.
Phone:
575-322-2430
Email Address:
jornada.data@nmsu.edu
Web Address:
https://lter.jornada.nmsu.edu/information-management/
Metadata Providers:
Organization:Jornada Basin LTER Program
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
Id:https://ror.org/05976ta47

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period
Begin:
2006-05-19
End:
2023-10-24
Geographic Region:
Description:Ecotone sites (3): Pastures 9 and 12A of the Jornada Experimental Range and Pasture 3 of the Chihuhuan Desert Rangeland Research Center, Jornada Basin, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA. For more detailed geographic locations of the plots please contact the Data Manager.
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  32.655760Southern:  32.592700
Western:  -106.889900Eastern:  -106.759500

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:

Dryland ecosystems occupy nearly half of the Earth's land surface and provide goods and services for more than 1 billion people. The goal of the Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program is to understand what factors determine the structure and function of drylands, and to develop general principles governing changes between grassland and shrubland ecosystems. This research is 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:

The Jornada LTER program has been continuously funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation since 1982 (Current NSF award: DEB-2025166)

Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Funder ID:https://ror.org/021nxhr62
Number:DEB 2025166
Title:LTER: Long –Term Research at the Jornada Basin (LTER VII)
URL:https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2025166
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Number:DEB 1832194
Title:Prior award: LTER: Long - Term Research at the Jornada Basin (LTER VII)
URL:https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1832194
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Number:DEB 1235828
Title:Prior award: LTER: Long-Term Research at the Jornada Basin (LTER-VI)
URL:https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1235828
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Number:DEB 0618210
Title:Prior award: Jornada Basin LTER V: Landscape Linkages in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems
URL:https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0618210
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Number:DEB 0080412
Title:Prior award: LTER IV: Jornada Basin: Linkages in Semi-arid Landscapes
URL:https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0080412
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Number:DEB 9411971
Title:Prior award: LTER: The Chihuahuan Desert (The Jornada LTER III Consortium)
URL:https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9411971
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Number:DEB 8811160, 9240261
Title:Prior award: Interactions in Time and Space Variability in a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem: Jornada LTER (II)
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Number:DEB 8114466, 8612106
Title:Prior award: Interactions of Time and Space Variability in a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem in New Mexico (Jornada LTER I)

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:ongoing
Frequency:annually
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