Gunnison's Prairie Dog Relocation Project: Vegetation Standing Crop Data from the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2005-2011)

Authors

Ana Davidson

Date

3-9-2016

Abstract

Grasslands are among the most imperiled ecosystems in the world where the loss of native species is a consequence of agriculture and desertification. In North America, 90% of the grassland has been converted to cropland where vast areas are now desertified. North America's most iconic grassland herbivores, bison and prairie dogs, are now extinct throughout most of their historic range. This study measures the standing crop of plant vegetation (perennial and annual combined) for the year on areas occupied and not occupied by Gunnison's prairie dogs on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1928/29995

Other Identifier

SEV213

Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Identifier

knb-lter-sev.213.90049

Document Type

Dataset

Comments

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/62423d6104440c02e4bb7199b27714bb, and may be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/62423d6104440c02e4bb7199b27714bb. 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.

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/62423d6104440c02e4bb7199b27714bb

Temporal coverage

2005-10-19 - 2009-10-06

Spatial coverage

The study area is about 655 ha (~2.5 sq mi) in size and approximately 1 km due west from the foothills of the Los Pinos Mountains. The study is also just north of the Blue Grama Core Site.The center of plot B is: -106.628 34.333The center of plot D is: -106.636 34.324

DOI

doi:10.6073/pasta/62423d6104440c02e4bb7199b27714bb

Permanent URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/62423d6104440c02e4bb7199b27714bb

Recommended Citation

Davidson, Ana (2016-03-09): Gunnison's Prairie Dog Relocation Project: Vegetation Standing Crop Data from the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2005-2011). Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/62423d6104440c02e4bb7199b27714bb