Date

2011

Abstract

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 2004 to 2007. Quadrats were clipped annually to quantify aboveground standing crop to answer the following questions: 1) Does cattle grazing affect plant species composition and standing crop? 2) Does grazing alter community response to inter-annual climate variability? and 3) How does grazing impact the abundance of native grasses?

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1928/30042.1

Other Identifier

SEV178

Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Identifier

knb-lter-sev.178.133945

Document Type

Dataset

Comments

This dataset was originally published on the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Data Portal, https://portal.lternet.edu, and potentially via other repositories or portals as described. The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) of the source data package is doi:10.6073/pasta/e52db3f779a39823bfd454979ff5e87e, and may be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e52db3f779a39823bfd454979ff5e87e. Metadata and files included in this record mirror as closely as possible the source data and documentation, with the provenance metadata and quality report generated by the LTER portal reproduced here as '*-provenance.xml' and *-report.html' files, respectively.

Rights

Data Policies: This dataset is released to the public and may be freely downloaded. Please keep the designated Contact person informed of any plans to use the dataset. Consultation or collaboration with the original investigators is strongly encouraged. Publications and data products that make use of the dataset must include proper acknowledgement of the Sevilleta LTER. Datasets must be cited as in the example provided. A copy of any publications using these data must be supplied to the Sevilleta LTER Information Manager. By downloading any data you implicitly acknowledge the LTER Data Policy (http://www.lternet.edu/data/netpolicy.html).

Source

http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e52db3f779a39823bfd454979ff5e87e

Temporal coverage

2004-05-04 - 2007-09-13

Spatial coverage

Location: Sampling areas are located on both sides of the dirt road through the cattle pasture as well as inside the Sevilleta NWR just west of the Los Pinos Mountains.Vegetation: Desert grassland., History: Cattle pastures are currently grazed; exclosures added in 1993., siteid: 26Location: History: Cattle pastures are currently grazed, exclosures added in 1993., siteid: 27

DOI

doi:10.6073/pasta/e52db3f779a39823bfd454979ff5e87e

Permanent URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e52db3f779a39823bfd454979ff5e87e

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knb-lter-sev.178.133945-report.html (26 kB)
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sev178_grazingexclospp_04102009.txt (395 kB)
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