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This metadataset describes the effects of biodiversity on response variables of experimental studies published between 1974-2004. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Methods : Data was extracted from 137 published articles, containing 761 measurments, for analysis within this study to determine the effect of biodiversity loss on variables relevant to agriculture, forestry,...MORE
This dataset describes the biodiversity of fauna (including Arthropoda, Annelida, Mollusca, and Bryozoa) inhabiting kelp holdfasts in northeastern New Zealand at several spatial scales: from meters up to hundreds of kilometers. Dataset Location: Available from author upon request Site Location(s): Berghan Point (34°55.78′ S, 173°32.72′ E), Home Point (35°19.38′ S,...MORE
This dataset describes long-term (1977-2002) experimental manipulations of ant, plant and rodent species in a desert ecosystem, among other alterations to the system. Data Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Chihuahuan Desert, near Portal, Arizona (31 o 56' 20.29" N, 109 o 4' 47.44" W) Sites Georeferenced: Yes (not part of...MORE
This dataset provides records of density and cover meaurements of an intertital community. Two datasets have been published spanning 1996-2007. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives (1996-2002); Ecological Archives Update (2003-2007) Site Location: Swan Island, Gulf of Maine (44 o 10' N, 68 o 25 W) Sites Georefferenced: Yes Timespan: 1996-2007 Sampling...MORE
This dataset decribes the response of grassland butterfly diversity to habitat and urbanization. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Boulder County Open Space, Boulder, Colorado (40 o 00'54" N, 105 o 16'12" W) Sites Georefferenced: No Timespan: 1999-2000 Sampling Frequency: twice 1999 (July, August), thrice 2000 (June, July, August) Methods:...MORE
This dataset follows coyotes, lagomorphs, and rodents from 1962-1993 in Idaho and Utah. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho; Curlew Valley, Utah Sites Georefferenced: No Timespan: 1962-1993 Sampling Frequency: biannually (spring & fall) Methods: Rodents were trapped with a 1 M-4 snap trap...MORE
This dataset compiles general life history characteristics for various taxa and body size groups of placental non-volant mammals. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Methods: Data was collected from the literature. Values for life history characteristics are averages of numerous individuals/studies to acount for variability of traits due to climate or evironmental...MORE
This dataset compiles body mass of all known mammals across geographic and taxonomic space and evolutionary time. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Methods: Data was collected from more than 150 pre-established sources. Data Collected: species, averaged body mass Orders: Artiodactyla (280 records), Bibymalagasia (2 records), Carnivora (393 records), Cetacea (75 records),...MORE
This web site hosts data collected at the North Temperate Lakes LTER in Wisconsin since at least 1981 organized by the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin. Data Location: http://lter.limnology.wisc.edu/datacatalog/search Site Location: Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, and other lakes in the Yahara Lake District, southern Wisconsin; Trout Lake,...MORE
This web site hosts data collected in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem, including biologial, chemical, and phyisical data about nearshore ocean ecosystems. Data Location: http://www.piscoweb.org/data Site Location: California Current Large Marine Ecosystem, west coast North America Participating Universites: Oregon State University; Stanford University Hopkins Marine Station; University of California,...MORE

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