Ahlborn, Julian; Römermann, Christine; Wesche, Karsten; von Wehrden, Henrik (2021): Aboveground biomass of plant functional groups from a climate and land-use gradient in Mongolian rangelands, sampled in 2014 and 2015 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932936
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Published: 2021-06-23 • DOI registered: 2021-08-05
Abstract:
The data set features the variance of aboveground plant biomass along a 600km long gradient in Mongolian rangeland vegetation. The data was collected to study the role of climatic variability for the effects of grazing in rangelands. 15 sites were selected across a 600 km long precipitation gradient in Central Mongolia. At each site, 5 subplots were sampled within each distance of 50m, 150m, 350, 750m and 1500m to a grazing hotspot. The 375 plots were visited in 2014 and resampled in 2015. The samples were clipped at ground level on 50 cm x 50 cm plots, separated into plant functional groups, dried at 65°C for 24h and weighted. More information is available in the corresponding paper.
Related to:
Ahlborn, Julian; Wesche, Karsten; Lang, Birgit; Oyunbileg, Munkhzul; Oyuntsetseg, Batlai; Römermann, Christine; French Collier, Neil; von Wehrden, Henrik (2021): Interactions between species richness, herbivory and precipitation affect standing biomass in Mongolian rangelands. Applied Vegetation Science, 24(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12581
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 45.890720 * Median Longitude: 105.941868 * South-bound Latitude: 43.511390 * West-bound Longitude: 103.599850 * North-bound Latitude: 48.154540 * East-bound Longitude: 106.837450
Date/Time Start: 2014-06-21T20:14:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-08-19T20:15:00
Event(s):
Mongolian_rangeland_01 * Latitude: 44.993023 * Longitude: 105.603566 * Location: Mongolia * Method/Device: Biological sample (BIOS) * Comment: Average coordinates from Site 1.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Ahlborn, Julian | |||
| 2 | Site | Site | Ahlborn, Julian | |||
| 3 | Distance | Distance | m | Ahlborn, Julian | Measured | distance to grazing hotspot [e.g. grazing intensity] |
| 4 | Subplot | Subplot | Ahlborn, Julian | replication | ||
| 5 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Ahlborn, Julian | Geocode | ||
| 6 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Ahlborn, Julian | Geocode | ||
| 7 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Ahlborn, Julian | Geocode | ||
| 8 | Precipitation, annual total, mean | Precip annual tot mean | mm/a | Ahlborn, Julian | after Hijmans et al. (2005) | |
| 9 | Biomass, aboveground, dry mass | Biom abovegr dm | g/m2 | Ahlborn, Julian | Dried and weighed | total |
| 10 | Grasses, aboveground, biomass, dry mass | Grasses abovegr biom dm | g/m2 | Ahlborn, Julian | Dried and weighed | |
| 11 | Sedges, aboveground, biomass, dry mass | Sedges abovegr biom dm | g/m2 | Ahlborn, Julian | Dried and weighed | |
| 12 | Forbs, aboveground, biomass, dry mass | Forbs abovegr biom dm | g/m2 | Ahlborn, Julian | Dried and weighed | |
| 13 | Legumes, aboveground, biomass, dry mass | Legumes abovegr biom dm | g/m2 | Ahlborn, Julian | Dried and weighed | |
| 14 | Wormwood, aboveground, biomass, dry mass | Wormwood abovegr biom dm | g/m2 | Ahlborn, Julian | Dried and weighed | |
| 15 | Litter, aboveground, biomass, dry mass | Litter abovegr biom dm | g/m2 | Ahlborn, Julian | Dried and weighed | |
| 16 | Herbs, aboveground, biomass, dry mass | Herbs abovegr biom dm | g/m2 | Ahlborn, Julian | Dried and weighed | |
| 17 | Shrubs, aboveground, biomass, dry mass | Shrubs abovegr biom dm | g/m2 | Ahlborn, Julian | Dried and weighed | |
| 18 | Sample comment | Sample comment | Ahlborn, Julian |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
9212 data points
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