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


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