Sagebrush Steppe Plants

Taxonomic Group	Herbaceous plants, Woody Plants
Level of Organization	Community
Scale	Local
Data Type	Observational, Time series
Georeferenced	No

This dataset descibes apporximately 50 years of sagebrush vegetatation in 26 permanent 1m² quadrats.Dataset Location: Ecological Archives

Site Location: U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, Dubois, Idaho**
**

Sites Georefferenced: No

Timespan: 1923-1957 (most years), 1973

Sampling Frequency: Annually

Methods: 26 permanent quadrats were established in sheep paddocks with grazed and ungrazed treatments. Mapped quadrats were sampled annually late in the growing season.

Data Collected: species, density, cover, grazing metrics, temperature, precipitation

Citation: Luke Zachmann, Corey Moffet, and Peter Adler. 2010. Mapped quadrats in sagebrush steppe: long-term data for analyzing demographic rates and plant–plant interactions. Ecology 91:3427.