80 results — topic: microclimate
Snowpack Onset Day of Year Yearly Timeseries
This dataset represents an estimate of the day of year (i.e. , "Julian Day") of the onset of the seasonal snowpack. Specifically these are estimates of the last day of bare ground derived from long-term time-series of Landsat TM, ETM, and OLI imagery starting in 1993. To facilitate computation of sn
Snowpack Persistence Day of Year Yearly Timeseries
This dataset represents an estimate of the day of year (i.e. , "Julian Day") of the persistence of the seasonal snowpack. Specifically these are estimates of the first day of bare ground derived from long-term time-series of Landsat TM, ETM, and OLI imagery starting in 1993. These maps combine month
Data from: Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community
Individual plants can modify the microenvironment within their spatial neighborhood. However, the consequences of microenvironment modification for demography and species interactions remain unclear at the community scale. In a study of co-occurring alpine plants, we (1) determined the extent of spe
Soil moisture and temperature data along the northeast facing hillslope at the Lower Montane site in the East River Watershed, Colorado.
Soil moisture, temperature and electrical conductivity have been monitored with 5TE sensors (Decagon Inc.) located at 10 and 50 cm depth at 4 different locations along the northeast-facing slope at the Lower Montane site in the East River Watershed, Colorado from Oct 2016 to Oct 2018. The purpose of
Surface soil temperature and water content from warming experiment located at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado, 2015 to 2019
This data package consists of soil temperature and soil water content sensor data from the warming experiment near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Data range is from summer 2015 to summer 2019, when the warming manipulation was terminated. The location of the warming experiment is in the u
Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane, and alpine plant communities
Leaf energy balance may influence plant performance and community composition. While biophysical theory can link leaf energy balance to many traits and environment variables, predicting leaf temperature and key driver traits with incomplete parameterizations remains challenging. Predicting thermal o
Does environmental heterogeneity drive functional trait variation? A test in montane and alpine meadows
While community-weighted means of plant traits have been linked to mean environmental conditions at large scales, the drivers of trait variation within communities are not well understood. Local environmental heterogeneity (such as microclimate variability), in addition to mean environmental conditi
Appendix 1 (GRD)
Kriged maps of microenvironment variables in global coordinates (Arc Grid format).
Appendix 1 Metadata (CSV)
Appendix 1 (GRI)
Kriged maps of microenvironment variables in global coordinates (Arc Grid format).
Appendix 2 Metadata (CSV)
Appendix 2 (CSV)
Functional trait values (means and standard deviations) for species occurring in the plots (CSV format with text metadata).
Appendix 3 Metadata (CSV)
Appendix 3 (CSV)
Complete plant census data in all plots for years 2014-2017, transformed into format suitable for spatial analyses (CSV format with text metadata).
Appendix 4 Metadata (CSV)
Appendix 4 (CSV)
Complete census data in all plots for years 2014-2017, transformed into format suitable for demographic regression (CSV format with text metadata).
Leaf trait data
Leaf wet weight (g), dry weight (g) and area (square cm) used to calculate leaf traits.
Plant height and species information
Soil moisure values
Temperature data
Half-hour resolution temperature data (degrees C) collected by iButtons