Annual ground-based photographs taken at 15 net primary production (NPP) study sites at Jornada Basin LTER, 1996-ongoing

This data package contains a list of ground-based photographs taken at fifteen Net Primary Production (NPP) study sites at the Jornada Basin LTER. Sites were selected to represent the 5 major ecosystem types in the Chihuahuan Desert (upland grasslands, playa grasslands, mesquite-dominated shrublands, creosotebush-dominated shrublands, tarbush-dominated shrublands). For each ecosystem type, three sites were selected to represent the range in variability in production and plant diversity; thus the locations are not replicates. At each site, a 1 hectare area was fenced in 1988 and a grid of 49 (48 at one playa location) 1m x 1m replicate quadrats was laid out when vegetation sampling began in 1989. Beginning in 1996, annual photos were taken from each of the 4 corners of each of the 15 70-meter x 70-meter NPP sites between August and November, depending on other research activity constraints. From 1996-2002 photos were taken using 35mm color slide film. Beginning in 2003, digital photos were taken in JPG format. Occasionally, supplemental photos may be taken at the same time that provide additional habitat information at the landscape, patch, or plant species level. No photographs were taken in 2013. Photo files (.jpeg format) are included in annual ZIP archives attached to this data package. This is an ongoing dataset that is updated once per year.

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=210011005
Webpage with information and links to data files for download