Handheld Soil moisture below Caesalpinia spinosa trees

This data file (AtiquipaCS620soilmoisture.csv) contains data on spatial patterns of volumetric soil moisture recorded below Caesalpinia spinosa trees on Cerro Lloque, Comuna Campesina de las lomas de Atiquipa y Taimara, Provincia de Caravelí, Región de Arequipa, Perú. All data was recorded using a CS620 handheld TDR soil moisture probe (Cambell Scientfic Inc., Utah, USA). Soilmoisture readings were taken at varying distances from the base of trees (0 to 500cm in 50cm intervals) with 5 replicate measurements at each distance, for transects extending in each cardinal driection from the base of trees. Of this data, only that from a distance of 150cm from the base (below the canopy but unaffected by stemflow) of experimental tree pairs (1 and 2), pooled for all cardinal directions, was used in Stanton, Huallpa et al. 2014. For more any additional information about the data or the study please contact Dr. Daniel Stanton ([e-mail]). The columns are as follows: Date: Date of sampling as Year-month-day. Number: Number of the experimental tree (1 through 7). Direction: Cardinal direction from tree base of sampling transect (E-East, S-South, W-West, N-North). Distance: Distance in cm from base of tree of sampling location. Soilmoisture: Volumetric soil moisture (%)