SGS-LTER effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function (GZTX): vegetation measurements on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-2008, ARS study number 32

Milchunas, Daniel G.

SGS-LTER effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function (GZTX): vegetation measurements on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-2008, ARS study number 32

dc.contributor.author	Milchunas, Daniel G.
dc.coverage.temporal	1992-2008
dc.date.accessioned	2007-01-03T07:08:05Z
dc.date.available	2007-01-03T07:08:05Z
dc.date.issued	1992-2008
dc.description	Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL)
dc.description	Shortgrass Steppe-Long Term Ecological Research (SGS-LTER)
dc.description.abstract	This data package was produced by researchers working on the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research (SGS-LTER) Project, administered at Colorado State University. Long-term datasets and background information (proposals, reports, photographs, etc.) on the SGS-LTER project are contained in a comprehensive project collection within the Repository (http://hdl.handle.net/10217/100254). The data table and associated metadata document, which is generated in Ecological Metadata Language, may be available through other repositories serving the ecological research community and represent components of the larger SGS-LTER project collection. When the CPER was established in 1939, researchers constructed a .5-1 ha grazing exclosure in each of the pastures. These areas have remained protected from grazing for the past 70 years. The remaining areas have been grazed for the past 20+ years. This collection of pastures and exclosures provided an extraordinary opportunity to reinitiate grazing and protection, and evaluate the balance between degradation and aggradation. We proposed to rearrange fences and expose areas to grazing that have been protected for 50 years, and protect areas from grazing that had been grazed for 50 years. The combinations of grazing conditions were: 1. Long-term protection; 2. Long-term grazing (moderate); 3. 50 years of protection followed by grazing; 4. 50 years of grazing followed by protection. Net primary production, nitrogen dynamics, cattle utilization, and community dynamics of vegetation, and components of the belowground food web were measured.
dc.description.sponsorship	NSF Grant Number DEB-1027319.
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dc.format.medium	PDF
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10217/85591
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.25675/10217/85591
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Colorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.haspart	Milchunas, Daniel (2014): SGS-LTER Effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function (GZTX): Nitrogen concentration of vegetation on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-2011, ARS Study Number 32. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/59eff076c865e892cd6c5421721b7226
dc.relation.haspart	Milchunas, Daniel (2014): SGS-LTER Effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function (GZTX): Net Primary Production on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-2011, ARS Study Number 32. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/0e280d179d800f12a4a568186fd54795
dc.relation.haspart	Milchunas, Daniel (2014): SGS-LTER Effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function (GZTX): Vegetation basal cover on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-2011, ARS Study Number 32. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/f8aa046f7bb6533bb2cb52a64cdfb996
dc.relation.haspart	Milchunas, Daniel (2014): SGS-LTER Effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function (GZTX): Bite Counts on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1993-2008, ARS Study Number 32. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/760df74dede0e999bcf6a282df453c28
dc.relation.haspart	Milchunas, Daniel (2014): SGS-LTER Effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function (GZTX): Vegetation density on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-2008, ARS Study Number 32. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e971c702532bde5f641b91211fa85374
dc.relation.ispartof	Research Data
dc.relation.isreferencedby	Milchunas, Daniel G.; and Mark W. Vandever, Grazing Effects on Plant Community Succession of Early- and Mid-Seral Seeded Grassland Compared to Shortgrass Steppe. Journal of Vegetation 25, no. 1 (January 2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12049
dc.relation.references	Kaplan, Nicole, SGS-LTER GIS layer with detailed information on study sites on Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 2012 (dataset). http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87177
dc.rights	Data sets were provided by the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research (SGS-LTER) Program, a partnership between Colorado State University, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and the U.S. Forest Service Pawnee National Grassland. Significant funding for these data was provided by the National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research program (NSF Grant Number DEB-1027319). The SGS-LTER project (1980-2014) was established as one of the first sites in the US LTER Network and has produce a rich legacy of digital materials including reports, proposals, images, and data packages. Data, products and other information produced from the SGS-LTER are curated as a collection within the Repository (http://hdl.handle.net/10217/100254). Materials can be accessed from the Institutional Digital Repository of Colorado State University or upon request by emailing ecodata_nrel@colostate.edu. All data are open for dissemination and re-use for any purpose, but you must attribute credit to the owner and cite use appropriately according to the LTER Data Access Policy (http://www.lternet.edu/policies/data-access).
dc.subject	plant/animal interactions
dc.subject	disturbance
dc.subject	plants
dc.subject	populations
dc.title	SGS-LTER effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function (GZTX): vegetation measurements on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-2008, ARS study number 32
dc.type	Dataset