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Plant composition, shrub biomass, and soil biogeochemistry from an experimental drought treatment on the Colorado Plateau

Data for journal manuscript: Seasonal drought treatments impact plant and microbial uptake of nitrogen in a mixed grassland on the Colorado Plateau

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2015
End Date
2022

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Finger-Higgens, R., Knight, A., Hoover, D., Grote, E., and Duniway, M.C., 2024, Plant composition, shrub biomass, and soil biogeochemistry from an experimental drought treatment on the Colorado Plateau: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98UFIG6.

Summary

These data were compiled for a study that investigated the effects of drought seasonality and plant community composition in a dryland ecosystem. In 2015 U.S. Geological Survey ecologists recorded vegetation and soil moisture data in 36 experimental plots which manipulated precipitation in two plant community types. The experiment consisted of three precipitation treatments: control (ambient precipitation), cool-season drought (-66% ambient precipitation November-April), and warm-season drought (-66% ambient precipitation May-October), applied in two plant communities (perennial grasses with or without a large shrub, Ephedra viridis) over a three-year period. These data were collected from 2015 to 2022 near Canyonlands National Park, [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Michael C Duniway
Originator :
Rebecca A Finger-Higgens, Anna C Knight, David L Hoover, Ed Grote, Michael C Duniway
Metadata Contact :
Michael C Duniway
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Southwest Biological Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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EDGE_2015-2022_Metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		47.67 KB application/fgdc+xml
Biogeochemistry_Data.csv 26.84 KB text/csv
Ephedra_Biomass_Data.csv 21.57 KB text/csv
Plant_Composition_Data.csv 54.45 KB text/csv
Plot_Data.csv 718 Bytes text/csv
Soil_Moisture_Data.csv 5.04 MB text/csv
Plant_Sampling-2023.jpg
“Estimating ocular plant percent cover with a calibration board for accuracy” 		thumbnail 2.2 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

The purpose of these data are to quantify how an experimental seasonal drought impacts soil moisture on a dominant shrub, Ephedra viridis, perennial grass cover, and interspace. The treatment dates and ambient precipitation data can be used to estimate the precipitation received by each plot (with or without 66% removed). The soil moisture data can be used to evaluate the impact of the treatments on soil water available to plants. While these data are specific to the experimental treatments imposed and the period over which the study occurred, these data could be used by future researchers in combination with other drought experiments and investigations.

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This work is marked with Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). The author(s) of these data request that data users contact them regarding intended use and to assist with understanding limitations and interpretation. Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Estimating ocular plant percent cover with a calibration board for accuracy
Estimating ocular plant percent cover with a calibration board for accuracy

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