Ecological Archives E093-084-A1
G. Darrel Jenerette and Amitava Chatterjee. 2012. Soil metabolic pulses: water, substrate, and biological regulation. Ecology 93:959–966.
Appendix A (Table A1). Site descriptions including geographic location, vegetation, climatic conditions and soil properties of Santa Rosa Mountain elevation gradient near Palm Springs, Southern California. Texture, pH, and SOM were previously reported for these sites (Chatterjee and Jenerette, In Press).
Site code |
Location |
Elevation (m) |
Dominant vegetation |
Mean temp. (°C) |
MAP (cm) |
Soil texture |
Soil pH |
SOM (%) |
S1 |
33°34'55"N 116°22'16"W |
289 |
Desert scrub (Larreatridentata) |
23.6 | 15* | Sand | 7.9 | 1.6 |
S2 |
33°38'00"N 116°24'00"W |
825 |
Desert scrub (Agave parryi, Enceliafarinosa) |
20.5 | 44* |
Sandy loam |
7.2 | 2.5 |
S3 |
33°34'00"N 116°29'00"W |
1300 |
Desert shrub/tree (Quercus Cornelius-Mulleri, Juniperuscalifornica) |
17.9 | 69* |
Loamy sand |
6.9 | 2.2 |
S4 |
33°32'51.9"N 116°30'17.8"W |
1592 |
Evergreen chaparral shrub (Artemisia tridentata) |
21* | 84* |
Loamy sand |
6.6 | 4.9 |
S5 |
33°32'41.5"N 116°29'24.7"W |
1829 |
Evergreen chaparral shrub (Adenostomafasciculatum Arctostaphylospringlei) |
20* | 97* |
Sandy loam |
6.7 | 3.8 |
S6 |
33°32'02.2"N 116°28'44.3"W |
2155 |
Evergreen broadleaf tree (Quercuschrysolepis) |
17* | 114* |
Sandy loam |
6.6 | 3.8 |
S7 |
33°31'16.4"N 116°25'11.1"W |
2489 |
Evergreen needle-leaf tree (Pinusjeffreyi) |
15* | 132* |
Sandy loam |
6.1 | 8.8 |
*Climate variables estimated from Kelly and Goulden (2008) identified empirical relationship with elevation