Aggregate mesquite litter chemistry following soil-mixing and decomposition in a semi-arid grassland at the Jornada Basin LTER, 2010-2012

This dataset contains litter carbon content, nitrogen content, and
associated chemistry data from a litter decomposition experiment at
the Jornada Basin LTER in 2010 to 2012. To assess the role of
soil-litter mixing (SLM) in aridland litter decomposition,
litterbags were deployed in the Chihuahuan Desert and
interrelationships between vegetation structure, SLM, and rates of
decomposition were quantified. To assess the role of vegetation
structure, litterbags were deployed in contrasting vegetation
microsites, including grass, shrub, and bare ground microsites. This
dataset contains litter chemistry data from the experiment including
percent carbon, percent nitrogen, ash corrections, and the carbon to
nitrogen ratio of litter in recovered bags. This study is complete.