Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Ecohydrology Experiment Data
Dates
Publication Date
2014-09-25
Start Date
2012
End Date
2014
Summary
The INL Ecohydrology Experiment uses irrigation to simulate increased winter or summer precipitation. Treatments include a doubling of annual precipitation added in summer (four 50-mm events) or in winter (two 100-mm events added), and non-irrigated control plots. Standard USDA species abbreviations are used.
Summary
The INL Ecohydrology Experiment uses irrigation to simulate increased winter or summer precipitation. Treatments include a doubling of annual precipitation added in summer (four 50-mm events) or in winter (two 100-mm events added), and non-irrigated control plots. Standard USDA species abbreviations are used.
Our objective was to assess the resistance and resilience of sagebrush to climate variability, with a focus on climate effects and consideration of its genetic diversity assemblage of projects across the semi-arid inland Northwest. We assessed responses of existing sagebrush habitat to experimental manipulations of climate across the Snake River Plain, including warming treatments and shifts in the amount and timing of precipitation. These climate-manipulation experiments were arrayed across a climate and disturbance gradient from Boise to the Teton Mountains.
