Environmental Data: Elk and bison carcasses in Yellowstone, USA

Keywords:
BACTERIA
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING
CARCASS
CARRION
DECOMPOSITION
DETRITUS
FUNGI
SOIL BIODIVERSITY
WOLF
YELLOWSTONE
Keywords:
BACTERIA
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING
CARCASS
CARRION
DECOMPOSITION
DETRITUS
FUNGI
SOIL BIODIVERSITY
WOLF
YELLOWSTONE

Description

This dataset contains all data on which the following publication below is based. Paper Citation: Risch, A.C., Frossard, A., Schütz, M., Frey, B., Mo...

Citation

Risch, A. C., Frossard, A., Schütz, M., Frey, B., Morris, A. W., Bump, J. K. (2020). Elk and bison carcasses in Yellowstone, USA. EnviDat. https://www.doi.org/10.16904/envidat.152.

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  • elk-and-bison-carcasses-in-yellowstone-usa

    Site ID for different carcasses across the Yellowstone Landscape Location Sampling location, either under carcass or control plot Species Indicating whether carcass was from bison or elk Gender Gener of carcass; F = female, M = male, ? = unknown Lat Latitude Long Longitude DSK Days since kill; in days Soil.N Soil N concentration (%) Soil.C Soil C concentration (%) Veg.C Vegetation C concentration (%); dominant grasses sampled Veg.N Vegetation N concentration (%); dominant grasses sampled Veg.CtoN Vegetation C to N ratio; dominant grasses sampled Soil.resp Soil respiration (g m-2 h-1) soil.temp Soil temperature (°C) Soil.moist Soil moisture (volumentric; %) CRR Cotton rotting rate bacteria.richness Bacteria richness bacteria.diversity Bacteria diverstiy fungi.richness Fungi richness fungi.diversity Fungi diversity bacteria.abundance Bacteria abundance fungi.abundance Fungi abundance

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