Date
2015
Abstract
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 to death and decomposition, over a given period of time. Volumetric measurements are made using vegetation data from permanent plots collected in SEV297, "Extreme Drought in Grassland Ecosystems (EDGE) Net Primary Production Quadrat Data" and regressions correlating biomass and volume constructed using seasonal harvest weights from SEV157, "Net Primary Productivity (NPP) Weight Data."
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1928/33071
Other Identifier
SEV298
Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Identifier
knb-lter-sev.298.209675
Document Type
Dataset
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/e9e0c9fee85a31833f77ea7bdd791519
Temporal coverage
2013-01-01 - 2015-08-18
Spatial coverage
Location: The EDGE Black Grama site is located within Five Points Black Grama, just to the west of Black Grama Core site. Vegetation: The EDGE black grama site is dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda). Other prevalent grasses include Sporobolus contractus, S. cryptandrus, S. flexuosus, and Muhlenbergia arenicola., Location: The EDGE Blue Grama site is located on far east side of refuge approximately .5 km due west from the foothills of the Los Pinos Mountains. The study is also just northeast of the Blue Grama Core site. Soils: Sandy loam and sandy clay loam, Vegetation: Vegetation is characterized as Plains-Mesa Grassland, dominated by blue and black grama (Bouteloua gracilis and B. eriopoda) and sand muhly (Muhlenbergia arenicola).
DOI
doi:10.6073/pasta/e9e0c9fee85a31833f77ea7bdd791519
Permanent URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e9e0c9fee85a31833f77ea7bdd791519
Recommended Citation
Collins, Scott (2015): Extreme Drought in Grassland Ecosystems (EDGE) Seasonal Biomass and Seasonal and Annual NPP Data at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2013- present). Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e9e0c9fee85a31833f77ea7bdd791519
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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/e9e0c9fee85a31833f77ea7bdd791519, and may be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e9e0c9fee85a31833f77ea7bdd791519. 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.