PBG03 Disk pasture meter measurements to estimate plant standing biomass in the Patch-Burn Grazing experiment at Konza Prairie

Summary

Short name: 

PBG03

Abstract: 

"PBG" datasets are associated with a long-term, large-scale study that is addressing the effects of fire-grazing interactions in the context of a Patch-Burn Grazing management system designed to promote grassland heterogeneity. Effects of patch-burn grazing management on plant and animal diversity and the nature and variety of wildlife habitat are being assessed in two replicate management units, each consisting of three pastures (watersheds) designated C03A/C03B/C03C and C3SA/C3SB/C3SC. In each patch-burn grazing unit, one watershed is burned and two that are left unburned in a given year. The burning treatments are rotated annually so that each pasture is burned every third year. Each patch-burn grazing unit is paired with an annually-burned pasture for comparison with traditional grazing systems (C01A and C1SB). All grazing units are stocked with cow/calf pairs from approximately 1 May until 1 Oct at a stocking density equal to 3.2 ha per cow/calf. To examine the impact of patch burning and grazing in all 8 units, we monitor changes in plant species composition, residual biomass, grassland bird populations, insect populations, small mammal populations, soil nutrients, and stream water quality1 (1C3SA/C3SB/C3SC unit only). The KSU Department of Animal Science monitors cattle performance, including weight gain and body condition to assess the economic feasibility of using patch-burn management on a widespread basis. This dataset includes both the annual calibration data for the disk pasture meter measurements (PBG031) and the actual disk pasture meter measurements in the PBG experiment (PBG032). Measurements were taken at a total of 64 transects (8 watersheds x 4 sites per watershed x 2 pasture meter transects per site). Each cattle-grazed watershed (designated as of May 2011 C3A, C3B, C3C, and C1A) and the four Shane cattle-grazed watersheds (C1B, C3SA, C3SB, and C3SC) includes 4 plant composition sampling transects (A-D). Pasture meter measurements were taken along two transects adjacent and parallel to the plant composition transects in each of these watersheds. Standing biomass samples for pasture meter calibration were also collected near the plant composition transects in the same 8 watersheds.

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Citation Suggestion: 

Joern, A., Nippert, J. 2024. PBG03 Disk pasture meter measurements to estimate plant standing biomass in the Patch-Burn Grazing experiment at Konza Prairie . Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/79d7d24c2a6e41b72ea6fc2ec116dba5.

Data set ID: 

117

EML revision ID: 

11

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Datacode
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  • Definition: Dataset code
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Rectype
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  • Definition: dataset record type
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
RecYear
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  • Definition: Year of the sample collected
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: Year (YYYY)
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  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
RecMonth
  • Label: RecMonth
  • Definition: Month of record
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
RecDay
  • Label: RecDay
  • Definition: Day of record
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
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  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
SampleNum
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  • Definition: Sample Number
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
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  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Lvgrass
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  • Definition: mass of live grass (g/0.1m2)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramsPerSquareMeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified
Forbs
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  • Definition: forbs (g/0.1m2)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramsPerSquareMeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified
Pdead
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  • Definition: mass of previous years dead (g/0.1m2)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramsPerSquareMeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified
Woody
  • Label:
  • Definition: mass of woody (g/0.1m2)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramsPerSquareMeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified
Diskht
  • Label: DiskHT
  • Definition: Disk height
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: centimeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Comments
  • Label:
  • Definition: Comments
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

Variables: 

DataCode
  • Label:
  • Definition: Dataset code
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
RecType
  • Label:
  • Definition: Record type
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
RecYear
  • Label:
  • Definition: Year of record
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: Year (YYYY)
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
RecMonth
  • Label:
  • Definition: Month of record
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • blank = Missing or Not Measured
RecDay
  • Label:
  • Definition: Day of record
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • blank = Missing or Not Measured
Watershed
  • Label:
  • Definition: watershed
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Transect
  • Label:
  • Definition: transect (A, B, C, D)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
plotnum
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  • Definition: plot number
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: 50
  • Minimum: 1
  • Precision: 1
  • Missing values: None specified
Rep
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  • Definition: Replicates (a, b)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Diskht
  • Label: DiskHT
  • Definition: Disk height
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: centimeter
  • Maximum: 152
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • blank = Missing or Not Measured
Woody
  • Label:
  • Definition: presence/absence of woody vegetation, we didn't start collecting this data until 2016, so 2010-2015 should be all missing.
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • blank = Missing or Not Measured
Comments
  • Label:
  • Definition: comments
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

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Dates

Date Range: 

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 to Saturday, December 30, 2023

Publication Date: 

Friday, February 2, 2024
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