Jornada Experimental Range Annual Forage Production Records

2.5 MB of vegetation standing crop data measures forage availability for livestock grazing near Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Jornada Experimental Range collected these records by clipping, drying, and weighing vegetation from quadrats and belt transects. Data collection was yearly but has been discontinued, with the last recorded update in October 1988.

Use Cases

• Model annual forage yield (standing crop weight) over time for grazing management plans.
• Analyze species composition data from separated vegetation samples to track ecological change.
• Correlate forage production records with climatic data for drought impact studies.
• Establish baseline vegetation biomass metrics from quadrat and transect samples for ecological restoration.

Strengths

• Data collection followed a standardized methodology of clipping, species separation, drying, and weighing.
• Yearly collection frequency provides a time-series perspective on vegetation production.

Limitations

• The dataset is small at 2.5 MB, indicating a limited number of records.
• Data collection was discontinued, with the last update in 1988, making it temporally stale.
• Specific row counts, column names, and sample sizes are unknown, limiting reproducibility.

Provenance

Source

Jornada Experimental Range, collected by SCIOPS.

Collection Method

Vegetation was clipped from quadrats or belt transects of known area, separated by species, dried, and weighed.

Time Range

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Freshness

Discontinued; last updated 1988-10-31.

Geography

Jornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.