10.0311/FK2/AF935EE50C97E6681D332B98A728F998
Di Marco, Rodolfo
Soil Water Content Associated with Harvester Ant Nests on the Jornada Basin LTER, 1987
Environmental Data Initiative
2019
dataPackage
eng
https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210368004/34
The effects of harvester ant (
Pogonomyrmex
rugosus
) nests on on soil characteristics were measured at
three locations characterized by different soils and dominant
vegetation on a desert watershed. This dataset contains gravimetric
soil moisture for soil samples collected from five ant nests for each
of the three sites. Please see JRN packages 210368002 and 210368003
for chemistry and organic matter data.
This project demonstrated that the effects of ants on soil properties
and vegetation vary with site location and soil type. This sampling is
complete.
Please refer to the following article for more information:
Whitfort, Walter G. and Rudolfo DiMarco. 1995. Variability in soils
and vegetation associated with harvester ant nests on a Chihuahuan
Desert watershed. Biol Fertil Soils 20: 169-173.