Primary production and precipitation data along an elevation gradient in and adjacent to the San Francisco Mountains near Flagstaff, Arizona - 2015-2020
Data for journal manuscript: Primary production responses to extreme changes in North American Monsoon precipitation vary by elevation and plant functional composition through time
Dates
Publication Date
2022-06-08
Start Date
2015
End Date
2020
Citation
Munson, S.M., 2022, Primary production and precipitation data along an elevation gradient in and adjacent to the San Francisco Mountains near Flagstaff, Arizona - 2015-2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TGGMOE.
Summary
These data were compiled to allow further understanding of how aboveground net primary production of different plant functional types in ecosystems along an elevation gradient in the southwestern U.S. respond to extreme changes in warm-season precipitation (drought and water addition) associated with the North American Monsoon. The objectives of the study were to 1) determine how primary production responds to warm-season precipitation extremes over time; 2) compare production sensitivities to warm-season precipitation (slopes of production – precipitation relationships) across an elevation gradient; 3) evaluate whether the sensitivity of production differed under extreme dry and wet years compared to ambient precipitation. These data [...]
Summary
These data were compiled to allow further understanding of how aboveground net primary production of different plant functional types in ecosystems along an elevation gradient in the southwestern U.S. respond to extreme changes in warm-season precipitation (drought and water addition) associated with the North American Monsoon. The objectives of the study were to 1) determine how primary production responds to warm-season precipitation extremes over time; 2) compare production sensitivities to warm-season precipitation (slopes of production – precipitation relationships) across an elevation gradient; 3) evaluate whether the sensitivity of production differed under extreme dry and wet years compared to ambient precipitation. These data represent aboveground net primary production and associated warm-season (May - September) precipitation measurements from 2015 - 2020 during a precipitation manipulation experiment carried out across a desert scrubland, desert grassland, juniper savanna, ponderosa pine meadow, and mixed conifer meadow. These data were collected on or adjacent to the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff, Arizona by the U.S. Geological Survey using field measurements. These data can be used to better understand how production of different plant functional types respond to changes in warm-season precipitation in the aforementioned ecosystem types.
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Type: Related Primary Publication
Munson, S.M., Bradford, J.B., Butterfield, B.J., and Gremer, J.R., 2022, Primary production responses to extreme changes in North American Monsoon precipitation vary by elevation and plant functional composition through time: Journal of Ecology (online), https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13947.
The purpose of these data are to document changes in aboveground net primary production from 2015 - 2020 and extreme changes in warm-season precipitation imposed by experimental manipulation. These data were created to relate aboveground net primary production to changes in warm-season precipitation that may occur under climate change and compare responses across ecosystem types. These data can be used to to better understand how production of different plant functional types respond to changes in warm-season precipitation in the desert scrubland, desert grassland, juniper savanna, ponderosa pine meadow, and mixed conifer meadow ecosystem types in the southwestern U.S..
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