Data from: Open-top chambers for temperature manipulation in taller-stature plant communities ...

• Main Authors: Welshofer, Kileigh B., Zarnetske, Phoebe L., Lany, Nina K., Thompson, Luke A.E.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2018
• Subjects: passive warming; warming experiment; open-top chamber; Arctic; Global warming; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2br8k; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.2br8k

Open-top chambers simulate global warming by passively increasing air temperatures in field experiments. They are commonly used in low-stature alpine and arctic ecosystems, but rarely in taller-stature plant communities because of their limited height. We present a modified International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) chamber design for year-round outdoor use in warming taller-stature plant communities up to 1.5m tall. We report a full year of results for the chambers’ effects on air and soil temperature, relative humidity, and soil moisture in a northern hardwood forest clearing and a southern early successional grassland site located in Michigan, USA. Detailed construction plans are also provided. The chambers elevated daytime air temperatures at 1m height by 1.8ºC above ambient levels, on average over an entire year, at both the northern and southern site. The chambers did not affect relative humidity at either site. The chambers did not alter average soil temperature or moisture at the northern site and ... : Northern Forest Clearing Microclimate DataDetailed microclimate data at the Northern Forest Clearing site at the University of Michigan Biological Station in Pellston, Michigan, USA.nfc_detailed_microclimate.csvSouthern Old Agriculture Field Microclimate DataDetailed microclimate data at the Southern Old Agriculture Field site at the Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners, Michigan, USA.soaf_detailed_microclimate.csvNorthern Forest Clearing Pendant DataHourly temperature data at 1 meter height taken in warmed plots at the Northern Forest Clearing site at the University of Michigan Biological Station in Pellston, Michigan, USA.nfc_pendants.csvSouthern Old Agriculture Field Pendant DataHourly temperature data at 1 meter height taken in warmed plots at the southern old agriculture field site at the Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners, Michigan, USA.soaf_pendants.csvREADMEIncludes a list of all data files, a description of the variables, and contact information. ...