Date
7-11-2016
Abstract
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 September. We predict that soil N availability with interact with rainfall event size to alter net primary productivity during the summer monsoon. Specifically, productivity will be higher on fertilized relative to control plots, and productivity will be highest on N addition plots in treatments with a small number of large events because these events infiltrate deeper and soil moisture is available longer following large compared to small events.
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1928/33074
Other Identifier
SEV309
Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Identifier
knb-lter-sev.309.2
Document Type
Dataset
Rights
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Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/1941f8b50e458663ff74eafac31ff19f
Temporal coverage
2007-01-01 - 2015-12-31
Spatial coverage
The Monsoon site is located within Five Points Black Grama, just to the north of the grassland drought plots. On August 4, 2009, a lightning-initiated fire began on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. The Monsoon site was entirely burned on this date, with all plots subjected to fire of comparable intensity.
DOI
doi:10.6073/pasta/1941f8b50e458663ff74eafac31ff19f
Permanent URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/1941f8b50e458663ff74eafac31ff19f
Recommended Citation
Collins, Scott (2016-07-11): Monsoon Rainfall Manipulation Experiment (MRME): Soil Nitrogen Data from the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2007 - present). Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/1941f8b50e458663ff74eafac31ff19f
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