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Riparian Evapotranspiration (Et) Study (Seon) From The Middle Rio Grande River Bosque, New Mexico (1999-2011): Energy Balance Data, Clifford Dahm, Jim Thibault
Riparian Evapotranspiration (Et) Study (Seon) From The Middle Rio Grande River Bosque, New Mexico (1999-2011): Energy Balance Data, Clifford Dahm, Jim Thibault
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This study originated with the objective of parameterizing riparian evapotranspiration (ET) in the water budget of the Middle Rio Grande. We hypothesized that flooding and invasions of non-native species would strongly impact ecosystem water use. Our objectives were to measure and compare water use of native (Rio Grande cottonwood, Populus deltoides ssp. wizleni) and non-native (saltcedar, Tamarix chinensis & Russian olive, Eleagnus angustifolia) vegetation and to evaluate how water use is affected by climatic variability resulting in high river flows and flooding as well as drought conditions and deep water tables. Eddy covariance flux towers to measure ET and shallow …
Riparian Evapotranspiration (Et) Study (Seon) From The Middle Rio Grande River Bosque, New Mexico (1999-2011 ): Co2 Concentration And Flux Data, Clifford Dahm, Jim Thibault
Riparian Evapotranspiration (Et) Study (Seon) From The Middle Rio Grande River Bosque, New Mexico (1999-2011 ): Co2 Concentration And Flux Data, Clifford Dahm, Jim Thibault
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This study originated with the objective of parameterizing riparian evapotranspiration (ET) in the water budget of the Middle Rio Grande. We hypothesized that flooding and invasions of non-native species would strongly impact ecosystem water use. Our objectives were to measure and compare water use of native (Rio Grande cottonwood, Populus deltoides ssp. wizleni) and non-native (saltcedar, Tamarix chinensis, Russian olive, Eleagnus angustifolia) vegetation and to evaluate how water use is affected by climatic variability resulting in high river flows and flooding as well as drought conditions and deep water tables. Eddy covariance flux towers to measure ET and shallow wells …
Riparian Evapotranspiration (Et) Study (Seon) From The Middle Rio Grande River Bosque, New Mexico (1999-2011): Micrometeorological Data, Jim Thibault, Clifford Dahm
Riparian Evapotranspiration (Et) Study (Seon) From The Middle Rio Grande River Bosque, New Mexico (1999-2011): Micrometeorological Data, Jim Thibault, Clifford Dahm
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This study originated with the objective of parameterizing riparian evapotranspiration (ET) in the water budget of the Middle Rio Grande. We hypothesized that flooding and invasions of non-native species would strongly impact ecosystem water use. Our objectives were to measure and compare water use of native (Rio Grande cottonwood, Populus deltoides ssp. wizleni) and non-native (saltcedar, Tamarix chinensis, Russian olive, Eleagnus angustifolia) vegetation and to evaluate how water use is affected by climatic variability resulting in high river flows and flooding as well as drought conditions and deep water tables. Eddy covariance flux towers to measure ET and shallow wells …
Monsoon Rainfall Manipulation Experiment (Mrme): Soil Nitrogen Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2007 - Present), Scott Collins
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The Monsoon Rainfall Manipulation Experiment (MRME) is designed to understand changes in ecosystem structure and function of a semiarid grassland caused by increased precipitation variability, by altering rainfall pulses, and thus soil moisture, that drive primary productivity, community composition, and ecosystem functioning. The overarching hypothesis being tested is that changes in event size and frequency will alter grassland productivity, ecosystem processes, and plant community dynamics. Treatments include (1) a monthly addition of 20 mm of rain in addition to ambient, and a weekly addition of 5 mm of rain in addition to ambient during the months of July, August and …
Warming-El Nino-Nitrogen Deposition Experiment (Wenndex): Soil Nitrogen Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2006 - Present), Scott Collins, William Pockman
Warming-El Nino-Nitrogen Deposition Experiment (Wenndex): Soil Nitrogen Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2006 - Present), Scott Collins, William Pockman
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Humans are creating significant global environmental change, including shifts in climate, increased nitrogen (N) deposition, and the facilitation of species invasions. A multi-factorial field experiment is being performed in an arid grassland within the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) to simulate increased nighttime temperature, higher N deposition, and heightened El Niño frequency (which increases winter precipitation by an average of 50%). The purpose of the experiment is to better understand the potential effects of environmental drivers on grassland community composition, aboveground net primary production and soil respiration. The focus is on the response of two dominant grasses (Bouteloua gracilis and …
Riparian Evapotranspiration (Et) Study (Seon) From The Middle Rio Grande River Bosque, New Mexico (1999-2011 ): Soil Thermal Flux, Temperature And Moisture Data, Clifford Dahm, Jim Thibault
Riparian Evapotranspiration (Et) Study (Seon) From The Middle Rio Grande River Bosque, New Mexico (1999-2011 ): Soil Thermal Flux, Temperature And Moisture Data, Clifford Dahm, Jim Thibault
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This study originated with the objective of parameterizing riparian evapotranspiration (ET) in the water budget of the Middle Rio Grande. We hypothesized that flooding and invasions of non-native species would strongly impact ecosystem water use. Our objectives were to measure and compare water use of native (Rio Grande cottonwood, Populus deltoides ssp. wizleni) and non-native (saltcedar, Tamarix chinensis, Russian olive, Eleagnus angustifolia) vegetation and to evaluate how water use is affected by climatic variability resulting in high river flows and flooding as well as drought conditions and deep water tables. Eddy covariance flux towers to measure ET and shallow wells …
Ecosystem-Scale Rainfall Manipulation In A Piñon-Juniper Forest At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: Sap Flow Data (2006-2013), William Pockman, Nathan Mcdowell
Ecosystem-Scale Rainfall Manipulation In A Piñon-Juniper Forest At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: Sap Flow Data (2006-2013), William Pockman, Nathan Mcdowell
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Climate models predict that water limited regions around the world will become drier and warmer in the near future, including southwestern North America. We developed a large-scale experimental system that allows testing of the ecosystem impacts of precipitation changes. Four treatments were applied to 1600 m2 plots (40 m × 40 m), each with three replicates in a pinon pine (Pinus edulis) and juniper (Juniper monosperma) ecosystem. These species have extensive root systems, requiring large-scale manipulation to effectively alter soil water availability. Treatments consisted of: 1) irrigation plots that receive supplemental water additions, 2) drought plots that receive 55% of …
Ecosystem-Scale Rainfall Manipulation In A Piñon-Juniper Forest At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: Soil Temperature Data (2006-2013), William Pockman, Nathan Mcdowell
Ecosystem-Scale Rainfall Manipulation In A Piñon-Juniper Forest At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: Soil Temperature Data (2006-2013), William Pockman, Nathan Mcdowell
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Climate models predict that water limited regions around the world will become drier and warmer in the near future, including southwestern North America. We developed a large-scale experimental system that allows testing of the ecosystem impacts of precipitation changes. Four treatments were applied to 1600 m2 plots (40 m — 40 m), each with three replicates in a piñon pine (Pinus edulis) and juniper (Juniper monosperma) ecosystem. These species have extensive root systems, requiring large-scale manipulation to effectively alter soil water availability. Â Treatments consisted of: 1) irrigation plots that receive supplemental water additions, 2) drought plots that receive 55% …
Gunnison's Prairie Dog Relocation Project: Vegetation Cover Data From The Sevilleta National Wildife Refuge, New Mexico (2005-2013), Ana Davidson, David Lightfoot
Gunnison's Prairie Dog Relocation Project: Vegetation Cover Data From The Sevilleta National Wildife Refuge, New Mexico (2005-2013), Ana Davidson, David Lightfoot
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Prairie dogs are keystone species that impact both animals and plants in grassland habitats. They are a food resource for secondary consumers such as badgers, foxes, and raptors. Also, the mounds that they construct are home to many arthropod and reptile species that otherwise might not survive in grasslands. Both Gunnison’s and black-tailed prairie dogs can increase the number of plant species in grasslands and landscape heterogeneity with their ecosystem engineering that creates disturbed patches on the landscape. Gunnison’s prairie dogs, which were native herbivores at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) before their populations disappeared, were reintroduced at the …
Ecosystem-Scale Rainfall Manipulation In A Piñon-Juniper Forest At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: Water Potential Data (2006- ), William Pockman, Nathan Mcdowell
Ecosystem-Scale Rainfall Manipulation In A Piñon-Juniper Forest At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: Water Potential Data (2006- ), William Pockman, Nathan Mcdowell
Sevilleta LTER Program Data
Climate models predict that water limited regions around the world will become drier and warmer in the near future, including southwestern North America. We developed a large-scale experimental system that allows testing of the ecosystem impacts of precipitation changes. Four treatments were applied to 1600 m2 plots (40 m × 40 m), each with three replicates in a piñon pine (Pinus edulis) and juniper (Juniper monosperma) ecosystem. These species have extensive root systems, requiring large-scale manipulation to effectively alter soil water availability. Treatments consisted of: 1) irrigation plots that receive supplemental water additions, 2) drought plots that receive 55% of …
Hobo Datalogger-Derived Precipitation Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2008-Present), Douglas I. Moore
Hobo Datalogger-Derived Precipitation Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2008-Present), Douglas I. Moore
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Precipitation is recognized as the most spatially variable abiotic variable in arid ecosystems such as the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Water is also usually the limiting factor in such environments so the accurate measurement of precipitation in both space and time is vital to understanding ecosystem dynamics. In 2008, the acquisition of a number of tipping-bucket rain gauges with Hobo dataloggers permitted the deployment of gauges into an increased number of locations on the Sevilleta NWR. Most dataloggers were installed in the greater Five Points area and primarily placed around the site of the 2003 burn study. A few …
Investigating Host Feeding Strategy As A Determinant Of Insect Gut Microbial Community Profile At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, Daniel Colman, Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Eric Toolson
Investigating Host Feeding Strategy As A Determinant Of Insect Gut Microbial Community Profile At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, Daniel Colman, Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Eric Toolson
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Diverse microbial communities live in the gut regions of animals. The precise ecological and evolutionary circumstances that govern relationships between hosts and their gut communities is unclear. In this study, we hypothesize that host feeding strategy shapes the microbial communities within the gut systems of insects. We collected five insect species from the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge that exhibited herbivorous, detritovorous and carnivorous diets. Using gut samples from the insects we measured if and how microbial communities are shaped based on any effect host feeding strategy might have. Preliminary analysis of bacterial communities using 16S rDNA sequences has thus far …
Pinon-Juniper Overstory Density, Cover And Biomass Data From Cerro Montosa, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2006-2009), Esteban Muldavin
Pinon-Juniper Overstory Density, Cover And Biomass Data From Cerro Montosa, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2006-2009), Esteban Muldavin
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In 2006, to obtain a measure of pinon and juniper biomass in the Cerro Montosa area, belt transects were superimposed on transects along which understory net primary producitivy (NPP) is sampled. All trees rooted within 5 m to the north of each belt were tagged, although some shorter belts exist on which all trees within 5 m to either the north or south were tagged. The height of each tagged tree was measured, as was the diameter-at root-crown (DRC). Crown diameters both parallel and perpendicular to the belt transect were also measured. Trees were re-measured in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Livestock Exclosure Study: Aboveground Standing Crop From A Chihuahuan Desert Grassland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2005-2007), Scott Collins
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Grazing in grasslands creates changes in plant community structure. The magnitude of these changes depends on the productivity and the intensity of grazing. Low productivity grasslands coupled with high grazing intensity may lead to shrub encroachment in some aridland ecosystems. We examined the effects of cattle grazing in arid grassland at the Sevilleta LTER site in central New Mexico USA where cattle were removed in 1973 and an area just north of the Sevilleta LTER where grazing by cattle still occurs. At each site we measured plant species composition and cover in permanent plots in the spring and fall from …
Nitrogen Fertilization Experiment (Nfert): Seasonal Biomass And Seasonal And Annual Npp Data At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2004- Present), Scott Collins
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Begun in spring 2004, this long-term study at the Sevilleta LTER examines how fertilization affects above-ground biomass production (ANPP) in a mixed desert-grassland. Net primary production is a fundamental ecological variable that quantifies rates of carbon consumption and fixation. Estimates of NPP are important in understanding energy flow at a community level as well as spatial and temporal responses to a range of ecological processes. While measures of both below- and above-ground biomass are important in estimating total NPP, this study focuses on above-ground net primary production (ANPP). Above-ground net primary production is the change in plant biomass, including loss …
Core Research Site Web Seasonal Biomass And Seasonal And Annual Npp Data For The Net Primary Production Study At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1999-Present), Esteban Muldavin, Douglas I. Moore
Core Research Site Web Seasonal Biomass And Seasonal And Annual Npp Data For The Net Primary Production Study At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1999-Present), Esteban Muldavin, Douglas I. Moore
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This long-term study at the Sevilleta LTER measures net primary production (NPP) across four distinct ecosystems: creosote-dominant shrubland (Site C, est. winter 1999), black grama-dominant grassland (Site G, est. winter 1999), blue grama-dominant grassland (Site B, est. winter 2002), and pinon-juniper woodland (Site P, est. winter 2003), which is now in its own dataset, SEV278 (Pinon-Juniper (Core Site) Quadrat Data). Net primary production is a fundamental ecological variable that quantifies rates of carbon consumption and fixation. Estimates of NPP are important in understanding energy flow at a community level as well as spatial and temporal responses to a range of …
Rio Grande Water Chemistry Data From Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2006-2007), David Van Horn, Clifford Dahm
Rio Grande Water Chemistry Data From Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2006-2007), David Van Horn, Clifford Dahm
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Human populations in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas depend on the Rio Grande for municipal water, agricultural irrigation, and recreation. The Rio Grande and its riparian corridor also support thousands of species of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, some of which include over 300 species of migratory birds and the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow and southwestern willow flycatcher. Eutrophication and salinization are the two most important types of water quality degradation which negatively impact the human and nonhuman biological communities in this water poor region. In spite of their significance, few published studies have investigated anthropogenic and natural sources of …
Warming-El Nino-Nitrogen Deposition Experiment (Wenndex): Seasonal Biomass And Seasonal And Annual Npp At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2006-Present), Scott Collins
Sevilleta LTER Program Data
Begun in winter 2006, this long-term study at the Sevilleta LTER examines how heightened winter precipitation, N addition, and warmer nighttime temperatures affect above-ground biomass production (ANPP) in a mixed desert-grassland. Net primary production is a fundamental ecological variable that quantifies rates of carbon consumption and fixation. Estimates of NPP are important in understanding energy flow at a community level as well as spatial and temporal responses to a range of ecological processes. While measures of both below- and above-ground biomass are important in estimating total NPP, this study focuses on above-ground net primary production (ANPP). Above-ground net primary production …
Rio Grande River Sonde Data From Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2006-2007), David Van Horn, Clifford Dahm
Rio Grande River Sonde Data From Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2006-2007), David Van Horn, Clifford Dahm
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Human populations in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas depend on the Rio Grande for municipal water, agricultural irrigation, and recreation. The Rio Grande and its riparian corridor also support thousands of specie of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, some of which include over 300 species of migratory birds and the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow and southwestern willow flycatcher. Eutrophication and salinization are the two most important types of water quality degradation which negatively impact the human and nonhuman biological communities in this water poor region. In spite of their significance, few published studies have investigated anthropogenic and natural sources of …
Monsoon Rainfall Manipulation Experiment (Mrme): Net Primary Production Quadrat Data At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2006-Present), Scott Collins
Sevilleta LTER Program Data
The Monsoon Rainfall Manipulation Experiment (MRME) is to understand changes in ecosystem structure and function of a semiarid grassland caused by increased precipitation variability, which alters the pulses of soil moisture that drive primary productivity, community composition, and ecosystem functioning. The overarching hypothesis being tested is that changes in event size and variability will alter grassland productivity, ecosystem processes, and plant community dynamics. In particular, we predict that many small events will increase soil CO2 effluxes by stimulating microbial processes but not plant growth, whereas a small number of large events will increase aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and soil …
Gunnison's Prairie Dog Relocation Project: Vegetation Standing Crop Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2005-2011), Ana Davidson
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Grasslands are among the most imperiled ecosystems in the world where the loss of native species is a consequence of agriculture and desertification. In North America, 90% of the grassland has been converted to cropland where vast areas are now desertified. North America's most iconic grassland herbivores, bison and prairie dogs, are now extinct throughout most of their historic range. This study measures the standing crop of plant vegetation (perennial and annual combined) for the year on areas occupied and not occupied by Gunnison's prairie dogs on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).
Pino Gate Prairie Dog Study At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: Landscape Plot Lizard Data (2001-2002), Ana Davidson, David Lightfoot
Pino Gate Prairie Dog Study At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: Landscape Plot Lizard Data (2001-2002), Ana Davidson, David Lightfoot
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Keystone species have large impacts on community and ecosystem properties, and create important ecological interactions with other species. Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) and banner-tailed kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis) are considered keystone species of grassland ecosystems, and create a mosaic of unique habitats on the landscape. These habitats are known to attract a number of animal species, but little is known about how they affect lizard communities. Our research evaluated the keystone roles of prairie dogs and kangaroo rats on lizards at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico, USA. We evaluated the impacts of these rodents on lizard …
Small Mammal Exclosure Study (Smes) Ant Data From Chihuahuan Desert Grassland And Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1995-2005), David Lightfoot
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Animal consumers have important roles in ecosystems, determining plant species composition and structure, regulating rates of plant production and nutrients, and altering soil structure and chemistry. This is data for numbers and species of seed harvester ant nests mapped from each of the SMES study plots. Seed harvester ant nests were mapped on each of the study plots once each year in the autumn. Ant nest maps were drawn on to pre-designed plot diagrams. Each nest was located on the diagram in reference to one of the 36 vegetation quadrat marker posts. The distance from the post, direction from the …
Long-Term Dynamics In Soil Field Available Nitrogen And Potentially Mineralizable Nitrogen In A Chihuahuan Desert Grassland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1989-2014), Carleton White, Douglas I. Moore
Long-Term Dynamics In Soil Field Available Nitrogen And Potentially Mineralizable Nitrogen In A Chihuahuan Desert Grassland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1989-2014), Carleton White, Douglas I. Moore
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Associated with a project that was based upon the assumption that nitrogen may limit net primary plant production in desert grasslands, this project began measuring available inorganic soil N and potentially mineralizable N of soils at two desert grassland locations. Both available N and potentially mineralizable N were greatest following a drought period in 1989, declined during wetter periods that followed and remained relatively stable until another extended drought period. After drought in 1995-6, both forms of soil N increased, indicating the potential for greater NPP following drought and lower potential NPP during periods of normal precipitation.
Small Mammal Exclosure Study (Smes) Rabbit Feces Data From Chihuahuan Desert Grassland And Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1995-2005), David Lightfoot
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the activities of small mammals regulate plant community structure, plant species diversity, and spatial vegetation patterns in Chihuahuan Desert shrublands and grasslands. What role if any do indigenous small mammal consumers have in maintaining desertified landscapes in the Chihuahuan Desert? Additionally, how do the effects of small mammals interact with changing climate to affect vegetation patterns over time? This is data for numbers rabbit fecal pellets counted on each of the Small Mammal Exclosure Study (SMES) plots. Rabbit fecal pellets were counted from each of the 36 one-meter2 quadrats …
Small Mammal Exclosure Study (Smes) Cryptogamic Crust Data From Chihuahuan Desert Grassland And Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1995-2005), David Lightfoot
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the activities of small mammals regulate plant community structure, plant species diversity, and spatial vegetation patterns in Chihuahuan Desert shrublands and grasslands. What role if any do indigenous small mammal consumers have in maintaining desertified landscapes in the Chihuahuan Desert? Additionally, how do the effects of small mammals interact with changing climate to affect vegetation patterns over time? This is data for soil surface cover of cryptobiotic (cryptogam) crusts measured on each of the SMES study plots. Cryptobiotic crusts were measured from each of the 36 one-meter2 quadrats twice …
Small Mammal Exclosure Study (Smes) Termite Mud Casing Data From Chihuahaun Desert Grassland And Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1996-2005), David Lightfoot
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the activities of small  mammals regulate plant community structure, plant species diversity, and spatial vegetation patterns in Chihuahuan Desert shrublands and grasslands. What role if any do indigenous small mammal consumers have in maintaining desertified landscapes in the Chihuahuan Desert? Additionally, how do the effects of small mammals interact with changing climate to affect vegetation patterns over time? This is data for amounts of termite mud casing measured on each of the SMES study plots. Three-dimensional measurements were made from all termite mud casing present on each of …
Multi-Temporal Tm-Ndvi Vectors At Rodent Webs From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1984-1993), Robert Parmenter, Charly Irland, James Cheeck, Greg Shore
Multi-Temporal Tm-Ndvi Vectors At Rodent Webs From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1984-1993), Robert Parmenter, Charly Irland, James Cheeck, Greg Shore
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This database contains mean NDVI values for 200 m diameter circles encompassing Rodent Webs on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), for 21 Landsat TM scene dating from 1984 to 1993. These NDVI vectors were generated as part of cooperative project between the Sevilleta LTER and the Indian Health Service, to study the 1992 Hantavirus outbreak.
Small Mammal Exclosure Study (Smes) Surface Soil Disturbance In The Chihuahuan Desert Grassland And Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1995-2005), David Lightfoot
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the activities of small mammals regulate plant community structure, plant species diversity, and spatial vegetation patterns in Chihuahuan Desert shrublands and grasslands. What role if any do indigenous small mammal consumers have in maintaining desertified landscapes in the Chihuahuan Desert? Additionally, how do the effects of small mammals interact with changing climate to affect vegetation patterns over time? This is data for animal created soil surface disturbance measured from each of the SMES study plots. Soil surface disturbance was measured from each of the 36 one-meter2 quadrats twice each …
Small Mammal Exclosure Study (Smes) Vegetation Line Intercept From Chihuahuan Desert Grassland And Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1995-2005), David Lightfoot
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the activities of small mammals regulate plant community structure, plant species diversity, and spatial vegetation patterns in Chihuahuan Desert shrublands and grasslands. What role if any do indigenous small mammal consumers have in maintaining desertified landscapes in the Chihuahuan Desert? Additionally, how do the effects of small mammals interact with changing climate to affect vegetation patterns over time? This is data for perennial plant vegetation canopy cover measured from all SMES study plots, fall 1995 and fall 2005. The purpose of this data is to provide ground-truth data for …