Litter Fall Collection Study in Pinyon-Juniper, Cottowood, and Spruce-Fir-Aspen Forests at the Sevilleta NWR, Bosque del Apache NWR, and the Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (1992-1993)

Authors

Robert Parmenter

Date

2-17-2011

Abstract

The litterfall study was designed to assess the quantity of biomass (leaves, twigs, reproductive materials) falling from tree species in different ecosystem types. Three study sites selected were:  (1) the pinyon-juniper woodland site near Cerro Montoso on the Sevilleta NWR; (2) the cottonwood forest LTER site along the Rio Grande at Bosque del Apache NWR; and (2) the old-growth spruce-fir-aspen site near South Baldy in the Magdalena Mountains (Cibola National Forest).  The study was conducted over two years (1992-1993) to compare litterfall rates and quantities among sites, seasons and years.

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1928/29866

Other Identifier

SEV22

Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Identifier

knb-lter-sev.22.95310

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/74eea6110f5fc32a4b5e67dfa9d704e9, and may be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/74eea6110f5fc32a4b5e67dfa9d704e9. 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

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Source

http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/74eea6110f5fc32a4b5e67dfa9d704e9

Temporal coverage

1992-07-09 - 1993-09-15

Spatial coverage

The Cerro Montosa Pinyon-Juniper site has been the location of major Sevilleta LTER research since 1989. Meteorological trends, net primary productivity, rodent and ground-dwelling arthropod populations, mycorrhizal responses to fertilizer, pinyon-juniper fruit and nut production, and pinyon mortality are all being investigated at this site. Previous studies have included analyses of pinyon tree rings for regional climate reconstruction.

DOI

doi:10.6073/pasta/74eea6110f5fc32a4b5e67dfa9d704e9

Permanent URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/74eea6110f5fc32a4b5e67dfa9d704e9

Recommended Citation

Parmenter, Robert (2011-02-17): Litter Fall Collection Study in Pinyon-Juniper, Cottowood, and Spruce-Fir-Aspen Forests at the Sevilleta NWR, Bosque del Apache NWR, and the Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (1992-1993). Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/74eea6110f5fc32a4b5e67dfa9d704e9