Termite casing data from the long-term Small Mammal Exclosure Study (SMES) at Jornada Basin LTER, 1995-2005
type: Dataset
description: This data package contains termite activity data in plots with a range of herbivore exclusion treatments on Jornada Experimental Range (JER) and Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center (CDRRC) lands. Study sites were established in 1995; one in black grama grassland and the other in creosotebush shrubland to compare the impact of herbivores on ecosystem processes between these vegetation types. Parallel studies were established at the Sevilleta LTER site (New Mexico, USA) and Mapimi Biosphere Reserve (Durango, Mexico). Each study site is 1 km by 0.5 km in area. Four replicate experimental blocks were randomly located at each study site to measure vegetation responses using exclusion treatments including a) all mammalian herbivores, including cattle, lagomorphs, and rodents, b) lagomorphs and cattle only, c) cattle only, and d) control accessible to all herbivores. Thirty-six sampling points were positioned at 5.8-meter intervals on a systematically located 6 by 6 point grid within each plot. A permanent one-meter by one-meter vegetation measurement quadrat is located at each of the 36 points. Each spring and fall from 1995-2005, a tape measure was used to measure the length, diameter, and height in centimeters of each termite casing in these vegetation quadrats. This study is complete. Resources in this dataset: Resource Title: Website Pointer to html file. File Name: Web Page, url: https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?scope=knb-lter-jrn&identifier=210086008 Webpage with information and links to data files for download
issued: 2025-09-23T14:33:28.604483
modified: 2023-11-30
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: Data Manager
keyword: AmeriGEO
keyword: AmeriGEOSS
keyword: CKAN
keyword: GEO
keyword: GEOSS
keyword: National
keyword: North America
keyword: United States
keyword: ars
keyword: data-gov
keyword: deserts
keyword: detritus
keyword: disturbance
keyword: grasslands
keyword: herbivory
keyword: insects
keyword: invertebrates
keyword: land-cover
keyword: land-use-and-land-cover-change
keyword: litter-decomposition
keyword: long-term-monitoring
keyword: np216
keyword: nsf-lterlong-term-ecological-research
keyword: nutrient-cycling
keyword: plant-animal-interactions
keyword: shrubs
keyword: smes
keyword: soils
keyword: termites

https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/2c463072-78c4-41eb-ac37-1ae50c16d841/resource/e4bc58fc-95f2-4295-87b8-24e9d953f5a5
type: Distribution
format: HTML
issued: 2024-03-30T12:21:18.063534
modified: 2025-09-23T14:33:28.577836
title: https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse
access URL: https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse
media type: text/html

US Migrating
type: Agent