Grassland Restoration Experiment Data on Drought and Invasion Resistance

An experimental dataset from two grassland restoration studies in Wyoming and California testing trait-based seeding strategies. The research, led by Hailey Mount, involved four seeding treatments subjected to a 50% precipitation reduction and invasion by non-native grasses. Results indicate drought-tolerant traits helped maintain growth under reduced precipitation, but their effects diminished after multiple years.

Use Cases

• Compare the effectiveness of drought-tolerant versus invasion-resistant seeding treatments based on the described experimental design.
• Analyze the relationship between functional diversity and community stability under multi-year drought stress as described in the study.
• Model the competitive outcomes between seeded native species and invasive annual grasses under manipulated precipitation regimes.
• Investigate the maintenance of trait-based restoration targets in perennial-dominant versus annual-dominant grassland systems.

Strengths

• Data originates from a controlled, replicated field experiment with a clear 50% precipitation reduction treatment.
• Includes results from two contrasting grassland ecosystems (Wyoming mixed-grass prairie and California interior grassland).
• Published under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing for unrestricted reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Hailey Mount.

Collection Method

Data collected from experimental field plots with manipulated precipitation and seeding treatments.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 06:38:34; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Perennial mixed-grass prairie in Wyoming and an annual interior grassland in California.