Ocotillo Plant Demography Study at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, 2003

Authors

Joanna Redfern
William Pockman
Tim Lowrey

Date

2010

Abstract

In order to better understand the life history of Ocotillo, a re-sampling of Ocotillo plants originally marked and studied in 1991 was done in the southeast corner of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. All plants measured in 1991 were re-censused and re-tagged with new numbers. Measurements of plant height and branch number were repeated along with measurements pertaining to overall plant size.

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1928/30085

Other Identifier

SEV158

Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Identifier

knb-lter-sev.158.151298

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/4cc63dbe38e6b1fbf924d411abb64d33, and may be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/4cc63dbe38e6b1fbf924d411abb64d33. 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/4cc63dbe38e6b1fbf924d411abb64d33

Temporal coverage

2003-07-08 - 2003-07-23

Spatial coverage

Location: South Gate is the major entry point onto the southeast side of the Sevilleta NWR. Just north of the gate is Met Station 41. Research here has included a Gunnison's prairie dog reintroduction as well as re-sampling of historic BLM 1976 vegetation transects, and juniper-creosote distribution. Vegetation is highly impacted by historical cattle grazing and is sparse. Burro grass (Scleropogon brevifolius) is dominant.siteid: 11

DOI

doi:10.6073/pasta/4cc63dbe38e6b1fbf924d411abb64d33

Permanent URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/4cc63dbe38e6b1fbf924d411abb64d33

Recommended Citation

Redfern, Joanna; Pockman, William; Lowrey, Tim (2010): Ocotillo Plant Demography Study at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, 2003. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/4cc63dbe38e6b1fbf924d411abb64d33