Evolutionary Monitoring for the SEV LTER program at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

This dataset contains collection and specimen archive information for plant and arthropod tissue samples from the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge that are currently stored in The Museum of Southwestern Biology’s Division of Genomic Resources at the University of New Mexico. The purpose of the sample collection is to allow researchers in the future to do genetic or genomic work on archived historical samples collected at six-year intervals. Six dominant, foundation plant species are represented. Stored tissues include roots from Bouteloua eriopoda, Bouteloua gracilis, Larrea tridentata, and Machaeranthera pinnatifida, leaves from Juniperus monosperma, Larrea tridentata, and Pinus edulis, and seeds from Larrea tridentata. A few arthropods were collected opportunistically when they adhered to plant material brought back to the lab. Collection dates were from 9 October through 4 November 2019. Samples were collected within four core sites of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, NM: (Plains grassland: core_blue, Desert grassland: core_black, Desert shrubland: core_creosote, and Pinon-juniper woodland: core_PJ).

本数据集收录了来自塞维利塔国家野生动物保护区（Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge）的植物与节肢动物组织样本的采集及标本存档信息，相关样本目前存放于新墨西哥大学（University of New Mexico）西南生物学博物馆（The Museum of Southwestern Biology）的基因组资源部（Division of Genomic Resources）。本次样本采集的目的，是为未来研究人员对以六年为间隔周期采集的存档历史样本开展遗传或基因组学相关研究提供支撑。本数据集覆盖6种优势建群植物物种，所存档的组织样本包括：垂穗草（Bouteloua eriopoda）、格兰马草（Bouteloua gracilis）、三齿拉瑞阿（Larrea tridentata）与羽叶紫菀（Machaeranthera pinnatifida）的根；单籽杜松（Juniperus monosperma）、三齿拉瑞阿以及美国黄松（Pinus edulis）的叶片；还有三齿拉瑞阿的种子。另有少量节肢动物样本为附带采集所得——当它们附着在被带回实验室的植物材料上时被一并收集。样本采集时间为2019年10月9日至11月4日，采集区域位于新墨西哥州索科罗县塞维利塔国家野生动物保护区内的4个核心样地：（平原草原样地：core_blue；荒漠草原样地：core_black；荒漠灌丛样地：core_creosote；松杜松林地样地：core_PJ）。