Koutzoukis et al. 2025 - Ecosphere - Above and below-ground microenvironmental attributes around sagebrush canopies - data and metadata

Data supporting:<i>Koutzoukis S, T.A. Monaco, and K.E. Veblen. 2025. Above- and below-ground microenvironmental attributes cluster to varying degrees around Wyoming Big Sagebrush canopies. Ecosphere.</i>We sampled aboveground (relative humidity, incident radiation, air temperature) and belowground (soil moisture, soil organic matter, phosphorus, potassium, ammonium, nitrate) attributes associated with sagebrush canopies at different distances from the sagebrush (<i>Artemisia tridentata </i>Nutt.) canopy edge. These included under the sagebrush canopy, maximum interspace distance between neighboring sagebrush canopy edges, and two intermediate distances between these extremes (25% and 50% of the intervening distance). Each variable was sampled at three or four sites (100 m x 50 m plot at each site) across the Intermountain West.