Realm: Terrestrial
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Central latitude: 38.800000
Central longitude: -99.300000
Duration: 56 years, from 1903 to 1972

147201 records

146 distinct species

Across the time series Bouteloua gracilis is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

Every year from 1932 to 1972. researchers in Hays. Kansas (USA). mapped all individual plants in a series of 1-m2 quadrats in a mixed grass prairie. Unit of abundance = NA, Unit of biomass = Cover

Citation(s)

Adler, P.B., Tyburczy, W.R. & Lauenroth, W.K. (2007) Long-term mapped quadrats from Kansas prairie: demographic information for herbaceaous plants. Ecology, 88, 2673-2673.