| RecType | | Physical quantity | Record type |
| RecYear | | Physical quantity | Year of record |
| BurnTrt | | Nominal | Burn treatment (Annual or Unburned) |
| Watershed | | Nominal | watershed |
| Block | | Nominal | Block code (A, B, C, D, E, F) |
| ANPP_Total | | Physical quantity | average of all 6 plot level measurements for total biomass |
| ANPP_Grass | | Physical quantity | average of all 6 plot level measurements for grass |
| ANPP_Forb | | Physical quantity | average of all 6 plot level measurements for forb |
| ANPP_Woody | | Physical quantity | average of all 6 plot level measurements for woody plants |
| TotalStems | | Physical quantity | average stems of all 6 plot level measurements
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| PlantNMDS1 | | Physical quantity | Plant Composition average of all 6 plot level measurements |
| PlantNMDS2 | | Physical quantity | average of all 6 plot level measurements
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| PlantShannon | | Physical quantity | using codyn function, average of all 6 plot level measurements |
| PlantRichness | | Physical quantity | average of all 6 plot level measurements, using codyn function. |
| PlantEvar | | Physical quantity | average of all 6 plot level measurements, using codyn function. |
| PlantTotalCover | | Physical quantity | average of total cover at all 6 plot level measurements |
| GrassRelCov | | Physical quantity | average of all 6 plot level measurements for grass. Using three categories of g, f, w |
| ForbRelCov | | Physical quantity | average of all 6 plot level measurements for forbs. Using three categories of g, f, w |
| WoodyRelCov | | Physical quantity | Woody plants average of all 6 plot level measurements. Using three categories of g, f, w |
| ForbRelCov2 | | Physical quantity | Forb plants average of all 6 plot level measurements, using 5 categories of f, w, unk g, c3 g, c4 g |
| WoodyRelCov2 | | Physical quantity | Woody plant average of all 6 plot level measurements, using 5 categories of f, w, unk g, c3 g, c4 g |
| UnkGrassCov2 | | Physical quantity | Unknown grass average of all 6 plot level measurements, using 5 categories of f, w, unk g, c3 g, c4 g |
| C4GrassRelCov | | Physical quantity | C4 grass average of all 6 plot level measurements, using 5 categories of f, w, unk g, c3 g, c4 g |
| DryMass | | Physical quantity | This is from Root In Growth Cores - two cores were placed per plot. This is the average of the 2 replicates per plot for Dry Mass converted to g/m2, and then averaged across all 6 plots |
| AFDM | | Physical quantity | One replicate (out of two) were ashed. This is the AFDM converted to g/m2 |
| RSC_DM | | Physical quantity | One soil core was taken per plot. This is the Dry Mass converted to g/m2 |
| RSC_AFDM | | Physical quantity | Only half the plots were Ashed, (plots 1, 3, 5). This is AFDM converted to g/m2, and then averaged across the 3 plots |
| Insect_Biomass | | Physical quantity | The average biomass of 6 plots per block. Each 1m2 plot was vacuum sampled - this is the biomass of this sample taking into account and adding back in the number of grasshoppers that jumped away and were counted visusally |
| Insect_NMDS1 | | Physical quantity | The average of 6 plots per block |
| Insect_NMDS2 | | Physical quantity | The average of 6 plots per block |
| Insect_Shannon | | Physical quantity | The average of 6 plots per block |
| Insect_Rich | | Physical quantity | The average of 6 plots per block |
| Insect_Evar | | Physical quantity | The average of 6 plots per block, one plot in one block was a 0, so this was dropped and the average of that block is just for 5 plots (there was only one species collected in that plot) |
| Mycorr_Count | | Physical quantity | Average of 3 plots (2, 4, 6) per Block. 1 soil core was taken in 3 plots per block (2, 4,6) and this number is the average of between 3-5 counts taken per root core per plot |
| lnBG | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| lnPhos | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| lnNAG | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| lnCBH | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| lnLAP | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| lnPHX | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| lnPOX | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| BG | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| Phos | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| NAG | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| CBH | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| LAP | | Physical quantity | Average of 6 plots per block. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| PHX | | Physical quantity | Sampled on a per plot basis. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| POX | | Physical quantity | Sampled on a per plot basis. USE ln transformed version of the variable for ALL stats, but graph non ln transformed for graphs |
| PC1 | | Physical quantity | Synthesis of all ln transformed variables (these should not be included in network model if using in transformed variable or ratios) |
| PC2 | | Physical quantity | Synthesis of all ln transformed variables (these should not be inlucded in network model if using ln transformed variable or ratios) |
| PC3 | | Physical quantity | Synthesis of all ln transformed variables (these should not be inlucded in network model if using ln transformed variable or ratios) |
| C_N | | Physical quantity | Ratios of certain ln tranformed variables to others - probably cannot include ratios in network model if also using base ln transformed variables or PCs |
| N_P | | Physical quantity | Ratios of certain ln tranformed variables to others - probably cannot include ratios in network model if also using base ln transformed variables or PCs |
| Light_May | | Physical quantity | In May we used a ceptometer to measure 1 Above canopy and 2 below canopy (at soil surface) PAR readings per plot. We averaged the two below readings and calculated the (Below/Average)*100 to get a measure of % light transmittance to soil surface .We averaged all 6 plots per block |
| Light_Aug | | Physical quantity | In August we used a ceptometer to measure 1 Above canopy and 2 below canopy (at soil surface) PAR readings per plot. We averaged the two below readings and calculated the (Below/Average)*100 to get a measure of % light transmittance to soil surface. |
| nitrate | | Physical quantity | 2 resin bags were placed into each plot (except plot 1 & 6 which only got 1). We present the average of the 2 resins per plot, then averaged all 6 plots per block |
| ammonium | | Physical quantity | 2 resin bags were placed into each plot (except plot 1 & 6 which only got 1). We present the average of the 2 resins per plot, then averaged all 6 plots per block |
