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issued: 2022-08-06T19:49:45.209343
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Precipitation, soil moisture, and vegetation data from 36 experimental plots in southeastern Utah, near Canyonlands National Park (2015 - 2018)
type: Dataset
contact point: Organization
  fn: Michael C Duniway
keyword: vegetation
keyword: cool-season-drought-treatment
keyword: ckan
keyword: c4-photosynthesis
keyword: plot-sampling
keyword: precipitation-treatments
keyword: perennial-grasses
keyword: warm-season-drought-treatment
keyword: national
keyword: experimental-design
keyword: soil-moisture
keyword: greenness
keyword: southeastern-utah
keyword: precipitation-atmospheric
keyword: terrestrial-ecosystems
keyword: usgs-605e5ec4d34ec5fa65ee7973
keyword: field-experiments
keyword: biogeography
keyword: united-states
keyword: c3-photosynthesis
keyword: colorado-plateau
keyword: utah
keyword: dryland-ecosystem
keyword: soil-moisture-data
keyword: geoss
keyword: canyonlands-national-park
keyword: biota
keyword: north-america
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: rain
keyword: droughts
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: precipitation-treatment-timing
keyword: seasonal-drought
keyword: vegetation-data
keyword: plant-biomass
keyword: research
keyword: experimental-plot
keyword: plots
keyword: plant-community-types
keyword: field-inventory-and-monitoring
keyword: ecology
keyword: photosynthesis
keyword: achnatherum-hymenoides
keyword: pleuraphis-jamesii
keyword: plants
keyword: plot-treatments
keyword: ambient-precipitation
keyword: biological-control
keyword: phenology
keyword: geo
keyword: control-treatment
theme: {geospatial}
description: These data were compiled for a study that investigated the effects of drought seasonality and plant community composition on two dominant perennial grasses, Achnatherum hymenoides (C3 photosynthesis), and Pleuraphis jamesii (C4 photosynthesis), in a dryland ecosystem. In 2015 USGS 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 2018 near Canyonlands National Park, UT. These data represent precipitation, soil moisture, greenness and biomass from experimental treatments. These data can be used to compare the effects of drought seasonality on two dominant perennial grasses.
issued: 2025-11-21T19:18:26.570382
modified: 20210426
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Digital Data
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access URL: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9I9FXH9
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issued: 2022-08-06T19:49:45.209349
modified: 2025-11-21T19:18:26.545942