Data Package Metadata View Summary

Rodent capture data across grassland-shrubland ecotones at 3 sites in the Jornada Basin, 2004-ongoing

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

knb-lter-jrn.210262008.7

Title:

Rodent capture data across grassland-shrubland ecotones at 3 sites in the Jornada Basin, 2004-ongoing

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

The objective of this study is to investigate how pulses of precipitation translate into pulses of plant aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) and how the small mammal community responds to such changes in relation to shrub gradients in northern Chihuahuan Desert landscapes. This dataset consists of the first capture of individuals each year that can be used to calculate an index of relative abundance of rodents (i.e., number of unique individuals captured by species). The first-capture data are derived from mark-recapture sampling during 4 consecutive night trapping events held annually in three habitat vegetation zones (grassland, ecotone, and mesquite shrubland) at three grassland-to-shrubland ecotone sites in the Jornada Basin, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA. Variables include rodent species, sex, reproductive status, weight, and maturity status. Also available are measures of relative abundance and biomass of rodents in data package knb-lter-jrn.210262010. This is an ongoing dataset.

Publication Date:

2022-04-19

Language:

English

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

Time Period

Begin:

2004-07-13

End:

2021-10-23

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

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	Rodent capture data across grass-shrub ecotones at 3 sites, 2004-ongoing
Description:	Add description

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210262008/7/22dc2638df3cc670874b5982f5e99ff9
Name:	Rodent capture data across grass-shrub ecotones at 3 sites, 2004-ongoing
Description:	Add description
Number of Records:	7826
Number of Columns:	15

Table Structure

Object Name:

Ecotone_Rodent_Capture.csv

Size:

897302 byte

Authentication:

006aa11e19eecdae176a885a6d89c257 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

Year

Date

Night

Site

Habitat

Station

Tag

Species code

Species binomial

Common name

Sex

Rep

Status

Weight

Comment

Column Name:

Year

Date

Night

Site

Habitat

Station

Tag

Species_code

Species_binomial

Common_name

Sex

Rep

Status

Weight

Comment

Definition:

year of sampling

date of sampling

night of 4-night sampling effort (1 = first, 4 = last)

site name

habitat within site

trapping station location within trapping grid

ID of tag affixed to/observed on rodent

species code used in field data collection

genus and species of rodent

common name of rodent species

sex of rodent

reproductive status of rodent

rodent maturity status

weight of rodent

comment

Storage Type:

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string

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Measurement Type:

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ratio

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ratio

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Format	YYYY
Precision	1

Format	YYYY-MM-DD
Precision	1

Unit	dimensionless
Type	real

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	G
Definition	Grassland habitat portion of site
Source

Code Definition

Code	E
Definition	Ecotone habitat portion of site
Source

Code Definition

Code	S
Definition	Shrubland habitat portion of site
Source

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Definition

any text

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	F
Definition	Female
Source

Code Definition

Code	M
Definition	Male
Source

Code Definition

Code	U
Definition	Sex unknown or undetermined
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	R
Definition	reproductive
Source

Code Definition

Code	NR
Definition	not reproductive
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	L
Definition	lactating adult
Source

Code Definition

Code	P
Definition	pregnant adult
Source

Code Definition

Code	S
Definition	scrotal adult
Source

Code Definition

Code	V
Definition	vaginal adult
Source

Code Definition

Code	J
Definition	juvenile
Source

Code Definition

Code	PS
Definition	post-scrotal adult
Source

Code Definition

Code	A
Definition	adult
Source

Unit	gram
Type	real

Definition

any text

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	No comment, quality flag, or additional information available

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

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	Primary Production, populations
LTER Controlled Vocabulary v1	aboveground production, deserts, grasses, herbs, net primary production, plant, populations, 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 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–September).

Sites were chosen to contain 3 distinct habitat types (or "ecotone positions"): grassland, ecotone, and shrubland. Within each habitat type of each site, a 300m x 100m rectangular trapping area was established. Trapping locations were arranged as a 16 x 6 grid within the trapping area with 20m spacing between traps, yielding 96 traps per habitat and 288 traps per site for a total of 864 trapping locations for the entire study. The trapping area encompasses the quadrats assessed for plant cover in data package knb-lter-jrn.210262001, which was used to calculate annual net primary productivity estimates available in data packages knb-lter-jrn.210262004 and knb-lter-jrn.210262005.

Livetrapping was conducted annually over 4 consecutive nights using Sherman model XLKR live traps baited with a seed mix. Traps were set in late afternoon/early evening and checked the following morning. Ear tags were affixed to rodents with ears large enough to support them. Rodents too small to affix ear tags were given a unique ID which was labeled on their ventral side with a permanent marker. Blue permanent markers were used on rodents trapped on the first night, black on the second night, and red on the third night. No permanent markers were used on rodents caught on the fourth night, but ear tags were still administered if possible. In addition to tagging/marking, rodents were weighed, identified to species, and assessed for sex, reproductive status, and maturity status. The dataset includes only the first capture of each individual each year, which can be used to estimate relative abundance.

From 2004 to 2007, livetrapping occurred mostly during July. From 2008 to 2018, when the project had become part of long-term sampling by Jornada Basin LTER program, livetrapping occurred during October. The three habitat types within each site were trapped during the same week.

Observations in the dataset may have missing tags for several reasons, including: 1) rodents caught on the fourth night whose ears were too small for an ear tag, 2) rodents who escaped before an ear tag could be read, 3) rodents who escaped before an ear tag could be affixed, and 4) observer error. Reasons 2-4 may also apply to observations with missing values for Sex, Rep, and Status.

Also available are measures of relative abundance and biomass of rodents in data package knb-lter-jrn.210262010.

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/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:

2004-07-13

End:

2021-10-23

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:	32.655760	Southern:	32.592700
Western:	-106.889900	Eastern:	-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:

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:	ongoing
Frequency:	annually

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Rodent capture data across grassland-shrubland ecotones at 3 sites in the Jornada Basin, 2004-ongoing

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