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Rodent abundance and biomass data across grassland-shrubland ecotones at 3 sites in the Jornada Basin, 2004-ongoing
This is an example dataset for testing `jerald` and the Jornada IM system using dataset 210262010. Data here come from R’s `mtcars` example dataset. You can replace this abstract with one for your dataset.
Mammal occurrence data derived from camera traps in grassland-shrubland ecotones at 24 sites in the Jornada Basin, southern New Mexico, USA, 2014-ongoing
The objective of this ongoing study is to investigate how abundance, distribution, and activity of mammals (>= 1 kg) vary across grassland to shrubland ecotones in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. This dataset includes animal occurrence data derived from camera trap images captured in 24 grassland-to-shrubland ecotone sites in the Jornada Basin, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA. The data set contains occurrence records from 14 mammal species with the date and time a species was detected. Also included are the number of individuals in a photo, operational dates and number of functional camera days for cameras, total number of trap nights a camera was active, and geographical coordinates of camera trap locations. Sampling is ongoing and occurs during the monsoon season from July-November. Sampling has occurred annually since 2014.
SEV-LTER Mean Variance Experiment Desert Shrubland Soil Moisture and Temperature
We designed novel field experimental infrastructure to resolve the relative importance of changes in the climate mean and variance in regulating the structure and function of dryland populations, communities, and ecosystem processes. The Mean x Variance Experiment (MVE) adds three novel elements to prior designs (Gherardi & Sala 2013) that have manipulated interannual variance in climate in the field by (i) determining interactive effects of mean and variance with a factorial design that crosses a drier mean with increased (more) variance, (ii) studying multiple dryland ecosystem types to compare their susceptibility to transition under interactive climate drivers, and (iii) adding stochasticity to our treatments to permit the antecedent effects that occur under natural climate variability. This new infrastructure enables direct experimental tests of the hypothesis that interactions between the mean and variance of precipitation will have larger ecological impacts than either the mean or variance in precipitation alone. A subset of plots have soil moisture and temperature sensors to evaluate treatment effectiveness by addressing, How do MVE manipulations alter the mean and variance in soil moisture and temperature? And, how does micro-environmental variation among plots influence how much MVE treatments alter soil moisture profiles over three soil depths? This data package includes soil moisture and temperature sensor data from the Mean x Variance Climate experiment in the Desert Shrubland ecosystem at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, NM.
Comparative Bird Community Assessments in Grassland, Shrubland, and Woodland Habitats at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1991-1997 and 2022-2023)
Across North America, avifauna abundance has declined by 30% since 1970 (Rosenberg, K.V. et al. 2019). Direct mortality from anthropogenic sources (pets, cars, collisions with building, power lines, wind turbines, etc.) and indirect mortality (habitat loss, disturbance, climate change, etc.) have both been major contributors to these declines (Loss, S.R. et al. 2015 and Calvert, A.M. et al. 2013). Variables such as migration patterns, family, breeding and non-breeding biomes show differing rates of decline (Rosenberg, K.V. et al. 2019). In New Mexico, there are three breeding biomes all classified with declining avian abundance. Avian abundance in grasslands has declined by 53.3% since 1970, western forests by 29.5% and arid lands by 17.0% (Rosenberg, K.V. et al. 2019). All three of these biomes also occur at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge thus temporal declines in species richness and abundance are expected. This project was originally designed to sample the species richness and abundance of birds on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in three types of habitat: grassland, creosote shrubland and pinyon-juniper woodland. Surveys were conducted between January 1991 and May 1997 (Parmenter, R. 2016). Surveys were re-established in 2022 to document current species richness and abundance and to capture any temporal changes from the 90s data. Avian point count survey stations in grassland, creosote and pinyon-juniper habitats run through existing study sites which have all been subjected to intense research activity. Literature Cited A. M. Calvert, C. A. Bishop, R. D. Elliot, E. A. Krebs, T. M. Kydd, C. S. Machtans, G. J. Robertson, A synthesis of human-related avian mortality in Canada. Avian Conserv. Ecol. 8, art11 (2013). https://www.ace-eco.org/vol8/iss2/art11/ Loss, S. R., Will, T., Marra, P. P. 2015. Direct Mortality of Birds from Anthropogenic causes. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 46, 99–120. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-1124
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)
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 year when vegetation was measured.
Supplementary Material for "Invasive plants are associated with increased fire frequency but decreased burn severity in Southern California shrubland ecosystems"
<p>This Zenodo repository contains all data, scripts, and supplementary materials for the manuscript entitled, "Invasive plants are associated with increased fire frequency but decreased burn severity in Southern California shrubland ecosystems".</p>
Net primary production (NPP) and climate data from Sevilleta LTER core and control sites in desert grassland and shrubland ecosystems, 1999 - 2017
This dataset and R code were used to create the figures, tables and statistical analyses for the following publication: Rudgers, JA et al. 2018. Climate sensitivity functions and net primary production: A framework for incorporating climate mean and variability. Ecology. Data were collected by the Sevilleta LTER program, which is located in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (SNWR), New Mexico. These are long-term, continuing data sets. Data collection started in 1999 at the black grama grassland and creosote shrubland, and in 2002 for blue grama grassland. Meteorological stations started recording data as early as 1989. The study abstract from Rudgers et al. 2018 is: Understanding controls on net primary production (NPP) has been a long-standing goal in ecology. Climate is a well-known control on NPP, although the temporal differences among years within a site are often weaker than the spatial pattern of differences across sites. Climate sensitivity functions describe the relationship between an ecological response (e.g., NPP) and both the mean and variance of its climate driver (e.g., aridity index), providing a novel framework for understanding how climate trends in both mean and variance vary with NPP over time. Nonlinearities in these functions predict whether an increase in climate variance will have a positive effect (convex nonlinearity) or negative effect (concave nonlinearity) on NPP. The influence of climate variance may be particularly intense at ecosystem transition zones, if species reach physiological thresholds that create nonlinearities at these ecotones. Long-term data collected at the confluence of three dryland ecosystems in central New Mexico revealed that each ecosystem exhibited a unique climate sensitivity function that was consistent with long-term vegetation change occurring at their ecotones. Our analysis suggests that rising temperatures in drylands could alter the nonlinearities that determine the relative costs and benefits of varia
Rabbit Population Dynamics in Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands and Shrublands at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1992-present) (Reformatted to a Darwin Core Archive)
This data package is formatted as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A, event core). For more information on Darwin Core see https://www.tdwg.org/standards/dwc/. This Level 2 data package was derived from the Level 1 data package found here: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/334/2, which was derived from the Level 0 data package found here: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-sev/23/121705. The abstract below was extracted from the Level 0 data package and is included for context: This study explores the population dynamics of black-tail jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) and desert cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus auduboni) in the grasslands and creosote shrublands of McKenzie Flats, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. The study was initiated in January 1992, and continues quarterly each year. Rabbits are sampled via night-time spotlight transect sampling along the roads of McKenzie Flats once during winter, spring, summer, and fall. The route is 21.5 miles long. Measurements of perpendicular distance of each rabbit from the center of the road are used to estimate densities (number of rabbits per square kilometer) via Program DISTANCE. Results from January 1992 to May 2004 indicated that spring was the period of peak density period, with generally steady declines through the rest of the year until the following spring. Evidence of a long-term "cycle" (e.g., the 11-year-cycle reported for rabbits in the Great Basin Desert) does not appear in the Sevilleta rabbit populations.
Grassland and mesquite shrubland soil nitrogen mineralization potential from leaching soil incubations at the Jornada Basin LTER, 1986
This data package contains data on soil nitrogen mineralization potential in a variety of grass and mesquite habitats during the early years of the Jornada Basin LTER project (I-II). Soil cores were collected from Jornada Experimental Range and Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center (CDRRC) lands in May 1986, and observed in a leaching incubation study. The purpose of this study was to measure inorganic soil nitrogen in the context of the shift from grasslands to mesquite dominated ecosystems. Sites include fluff grass (Dasyochloa pulchella), black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), Sporobolus/Gutierrezia, playa mesquite (Prosopsis glandulosa), and arroyo mesquite ecosystem types. Soil samples were collected on May 12-13, 1986 within the clumps of grass or beneath mesquite at each site, generally 20 cm deep or to the hard pan (whichever came first). During the incubation study, inorganic nitrogen leaching was measured for 28 weeks for each sample. This study is complete.
Hydraulic Constraints on Two Life History Stages of Larrea tridentata in a Chihuahuan Desert Creosote Shrubland at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2002-2003)
Maintaining high rates of water loss during times of high resource availability could allow establishing woody desert perennials to grow quickly by allowing them to take advantage of the fleeting but abundant monsoonal moisture typical of warm deserts like the Chihuahuan. However, a plant cannot endlessly increase water loss in order to grow faster --there are hydraulic constraints on rates of water loss. The hydraulic properties of each particular plant xylem and soil microsite, as well as the AR:AL absorbing root area to transpiring leaf area ratio) interact to set limits on rates of water loss. If transpiration rates become too high, cavitation may limit the ability of the xylem to supply water to the leaves. The main objective of this study was to test two hypotheses on a population of Larrea tridentata at the Sevilleta LTER in central New Mexico (1) do small plants grow faster and use water less conservatively than large, and (2) are there differences in the hydraulic constraints on small and large plants. Measurements were made every six weeks in the spring, summer and fall from April 2002 - August 2003. Field measurements of shoot growth, gas exchange and plant and soil water potentials were made to determine growth rates and water use. Measurements of leaf specific conductance determined the ability of the xylem to supply water to the leaves. Excavation findings were used to estimate (AR:AL). Xylem vulnerability curves and soil texture analysis were used to determine the hydraulic properties of the plant xylem and soil. A model determined where the limiting conductance occurred in the plant-soil continuum.
Effects of Kangaroo Rat Mounds on Seed Banks of Grass and Shrublands at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2001)
Disturbance is a major factor in determining the spatial structure and temporal dynamics of ecological systems. Many studies have been conducted concerning the plant assemblages around Dipodmys spectabilis mounds compared to the off mound area. These studies have shown that annual plant cover is higher on the kangaroo rat mound compared to off the mound. However, no studies have addressed the effects of these rodents disturbance on the soil seed bank. Soil seed banks are an important component of the plant community particularly in arid environments. Annual plants have been known to create viable seeds that remain dormant in the soil for many years making their seed bank a persistent one. A persistent seed bank allows for future recruitment of plants given favorable conditions that could have a dramatic impact on the overall species diversity of the community. We studied the seed bank of eight forb taxa to ask the following questions: 1) Are there more seeds in the seed bank around kangaroo rat mounds compared to other microhabitats? 2) Does the seed composition differ among the different microhabitats? 3) If the seed composition does differ, do specific physical components of microhabitats predict seed populations?
Coyote Scat Surveys in Chihuahuan Desert Grassland and Shrubland Sites, Spring, Summer and Fall at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2008-2009)
This data set contains information regarding carnivore scat surveys that were performed at sites in grama grassland and both creosote and mesquite shrubland habitats at the Sevilleta NWR. A total of nine surveys were carried out along road-based transects, each of which is a mile long, during one season in 2008 (June-July) and three seasons in 2009: spring (April-May), summer (July-August), and fall (October-November). There were 10 transects in grassland areas and 10 in shrubland areas in 2008. All 20 transects, as well as two additional transects in grassland areas, were surveyed in 2009. For more information on the structure of the vegetation surrounding these road based transects, see the "Vegetation surveys in grassland and shrubland sites that are associated with coyote scat surveys at the Sevilleta NWR, 2008-2009" data set. Scat samples were identified in the field and collected for genetic and stable carbon isotope analysis. Field recorded variables include: scat freshness, maximum diameter, length, and GPS coordinates, as well as the field-based species identification for the sample. Information on the lab based species and individual identification results are also presented.This data was collected in order to obtain information on the size and feeding ecology of the coyote populations in grassland vs. shrubland habitats in three seasons (spring, summer and fall) and two years (2008 and 2009) at the Sevilleta NWR. A mark recapture analysis can be performed on the data from 2009 since two surveys were carried out for each scat transect in each of the three seasons and coyote scats were run through a genetic analysis to determine individual identity of the coyotes. A rough assessment of coyote habitat use can also be performed using the individual identity and coyote scat location information. Future isotope analysis will indicate whether the base of the food chain is C4 (grass) vs. C3 (shrubs) plants in grassland vs. shrubland habitats in each of the three
Ground Arthropod Community Survey in Grassland, Shrubland, and Woodland at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1992-2004)
This data set contains records for the numbers of selected groups of ground-dwelling arthropod species and individuals collected from pitfall traps at 4 sites on the Sevilleta NWR, including creotostebush shrubland, both black and blue grama grasslands, and a pinyon/juniper woodland. Data collections begin in May of 1989, and are represented by subsequent sample collections every 2 months. One site (Goat Draw/Cerro Montosa) was discontinued in 2001, and a new site (Blue Grama) was initiated . Only three sites, creosotebush, black grama, and blue grama were continued between 2001-2004.
Effect of foot disturbance to cyanobacteria-dominated biocrusts on microbes and nitrogen in Chihuhuahan grassland and shrubland
Interactions between plants and soil microbes influence plant nutrient transformations, including nitrogen (N) fixation, nutrient mineralization, and resource exchanges through fungal networks. Physical disturbances to soils can disrupt soil microbes and associated processes that support plant and microbial productivity. In low resource drylands, biological soil crusts ("biocrusts") occupy surface soils and house key autotrophic and diazotrophic bacteria, non-vascular plants, or lichens. Interactions among biocrusts, plants, and fungal networks between them are hypothesized to drive carbon and nutrient dynamics; however, comparisons across ecosystems are needed to generalize how soil disturbances alter microbial communities and their contributions to N pools and transformations. To evaluate linkages among plants, fungi, and biocrusts, we disturbed all unvegetated surfaces with human foot trampling twice yearly in dry conditions from 2013-2018 in cyanobacteria-dominated biocrusts in Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland ecosystems. Our study included microbial communities and N pools sampled at different time points in the disturbance treatments at one or both sites. We began our sampling after observations in April 2018 that the chlorophyll a content was at least double in control than disturbed plots in both ecosystems (Chung et al. 2019). Stomping occurred in May, and we collected soil and plant samples in June 2018 for N pools and soil and root fungal abundance. We collected additional soil samples in September 2018 and conducted the 15N tracer experiment to observe rates of N transfer from biocrust to plants before the fall stomp treatment in October. We collected chlorophyll a samples and soils for sequencing bacteria in September of 2019, also before the fall stomp treatment.
Fine fuel biomass in grasslands and shrublands of the Intermountain West
<p>The Great Basin Coordination Center partners with Bureau of Land Management field offices in the Intermountain West to monitor fine fuel loading to make firefighting resource allocation decisions in the early spring. Fine fuel loads, a measurement of the small, herbaceous, and flammable biomass in a system can vary greatly inter-annually in grass and shrub dominated systems. These data are a compilation of those measurements from 11 district offices spanning from 1996-2020 years over 164 sites and the methods used to collect those measurements, which varies between field offices.</p>
Data from: Climatic disequilibrium of recruit communities across a drought-induced die-off gradient in Mediterranean shrubland
<p>Positive plant–plant interactions (facilitation) may enhance the recruitment and establishment of species less adapted to local macroclimatic conditions. A major cause of this effect is climatic buffering, which implies an increased mismatch between the macroclimatic conditions and the climatic requirements of the existing community – climatic disequilibrium – of plants living under canopies. Here we explore the effect of drought-induced defoliation of Mediterranean shrubland canopy on the recruitment of woody species. We analyzed the differences in the climatic disequilibrium across different categories of canopy defoliation and plant–plant interactions: facilitation, neutral and inhibition. Climatic disequilibrium was estimated as the Euclidean distance in the multivariate environmental space between observed macroclimate and community inferred climate. The inferred climate was calculated by averaging the coordinates of the species' climatic niche centroids, obtained from species distribution, weighted by the species' relative abundances in each community. We found that the recruiting community growing under canopy showed higher climatic disequilibrium than the community growing in the gaps. The facilitated recruiting community growing under dead and living canopy showed the highest disequilibrium, followed by the community growing under mid-affected canopy. The climatic disequilibrium of the recruiting communities experiencing neutral and inhibited interaction was not affected by canopy defoliation. These findings indicate that the climatic disequilibrium of the recruiting community is determined by the facilitation–competition balance. Living canopy provides climatic buffering, but it also implies competition, while dead canopy may provide some structural climatic buffering, without implying competition for resources. These results highlight the relevance of incorporating plant–plant interactions, particularly facilitation, to better forecast plant community responses to extreme climate events and climate change.</p>
Text-fig. 4. Known geographic distribution of Microtscoptini on a modern-day biome map (Arc-GIS feature TNC terrestrial ecoregions). 1 – Ertemte 1 and 2; 2 – Olan Chorea; 3 – Harr Obo 2; 4 – Shala; 5 – Baogeda Ula; 6 – Bilutu; 7 – Kholu (Southern Tuva); 8 – Sarayskoe (Olkhon Island); 9 – Hyargas-nuur; 10 – Petropavlovsk; 11 – Pavlodar; 12 – Akshauli; 13 – Selety 1A; 14 – Kedej 1A; 15 – Makovka; 16 – Cherevychne 3; 17 – Protopopovka 3; 18 – Verkhnya Krynytsa 2; 19 – Vasylivka 1; 20 – Lobkove; 21 – Rome; 22 – Bartlett Mountain; 23 – Bartlett Mountain (General); 24 – Juniper Creek; 25 – Little Valley; 26 – Stroud Claim; 27 – Kelley Road; 28 – Moonstone Formation; 29 – Lemoyne Quarry; 30 – Feltz Ranch; 31 – Cambridge; 32 – Rick Irwin Site; 33 – Rabbit Hole. 1–20, 30–32 – Steppe biomes, 21–29, 33 – xeric shrubland biomes. in Comments On The Age And Dispersal Of Microtoscoptini (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
Text-fig. 4. Known geographic distribution of Microtscoptini on a modern-day biome map (Arc-GIS feature TNC terrestrial ecoregions). 1 – Ertemte 1 and 2; 2 – Olan Chorea; 3 – Harr Obo 2; 4 – Shala; 5 – Baogeda Ula; 6 – Bilutu; 7 – Kholu (Southern Tuva); 8 – Sarayskoe (Olkhon Island); 9 – Hyargas-nuur; 10 – Petropavlovsk; 11 – Pavlodar; 12 – Akshauli; 13 – Selety 1A; 14 – Kedej 1A; 15 – Makovka; 16 – Cherevychne 3; 17 – Protopopovka 3; 18 – Verkhnya Krynytsa 2; 19 – Vasylivka 1; 20 – Lobkove; 21 – Rome; 22 – Bartlett Mountain; 23 – Bartlett Mountain (General); 24 – Juniper Creek; 25 – Little Valley; 26 – Stroud Claim; 27 – Kelley Road; 28 – Moonstone Formation; 29 – Lemoyne Quarry; 30 – Feltz Ranch; 31 – Cambridge; 32 – Rick Irwin Site; 33 – Rabbit Hole. 1–20, 30–32 – Steppe biomes, 21–29, 33 – xeric shrubland biomes.
Composition and structure of Mediterranean shrublands for fuel characterization
<p>The Catalan Forest Fire Prevention Service (SPIF) and the Forest Science and Technology center (CTFC) present a relational database containing detailed and accurate information of woody composition and structure of shrub-like formations in the permanent 100-m<sup>2</sup> shrubland plots distributed in the NE of Iberian peninsula. The datasets provide valuable information to improve fire danger prediction, to study vegetation dynamics in relation to drought and fire, or to test aerial-based methodologies with ground-based information. </p> <p>The database includes information gathered in two projects: Combuscat and MatoSeg. <strong>Combuscat, </strong>with 571 100-m<sup>2</sup> plots, aimed to characterize shrubland structure and fuel load in Catalonia and was carried out by forest specialist members of Catalan Forest Rangers (Cos d’Agents Rurals, Generalitat de Catalunya). <strong>MatoSeg</strong> aimed to complement the database with information on vascular plant composition at different scales (1-m<sup>2</sup>,100-m<sup>2</sup>, and 400-m<sup>2</sup> ) collected in a set of 24 plots: 13 plots in Catalonia, and 11 in the nearby regions of Aragon and Valencia.</p> <p> </p>
Forecasting live fuel moisture of Adenostema fasciculatum and its relationship to regional wildfire dynamics across southern California shrublands
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Data from: Climatic disequilibrium of recruit communities across a drought-induced die-off gradient in Mediterranean shrubland
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