+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | JORNADA LTER | | New Mexico State University | | Data Set Documentation Form | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ All Jornada Desert Site NSF/LTER data sets must be documented on the following form. This applies to any data set intended for permanent archiving. All raw data sets collected under the auspices of the Jornada NSF/LTER Program will be described by the following standardized form. Information that is not available at this time, must be included when available. See data manager for any questions regarding this form. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dataset ID: DSL2002033 Project ID: PRL2002030 1) Data set access (RESTRICTED or UNRESTRICTED): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNRESTRICTED 2) Data set title: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Animal Transect Data 3) Project title: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Animal Transects 4) Responsible investigator(s): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Lightfoot 5) Date data collection commenced (mm/dd/yyyy): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/08/1989 6) Date data collection terminated (mm/dd/yyyy or ONGOING): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/02/1994 7) Expected duration of study: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration of the LTER II 8) Frequency of measurement: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every two weeks (see history file for exceptions) 9) Researchers: (Personnel who will be obtaining data and who would need to be contacted directly if there is a problem in the raw data): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Lightfoot, Walter Whitford, Cathie Sandell, John Anderson 10) Methods of recording (field data sheets, instrumental, etc.): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field data sheets or tape recorder. Taped data is transcribed to data sheets. 11) Site location (Describe in sufficient detail that the site can be relocated): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- One 1 km transect is located in each vegetation zone near C-CALI, G-IBPE, M-NORT, P-COLL, and T-EAST. 12) Data set description (State the hypothesis and / or objectives which collection of data set addresses): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Data for rabbits, birds, and lizards recorded from the LTER II animal transects. Data consists of species names, numbers of individuals, and distances observed from transects. Data is collected from each transect once every two weeks. See history file for exceptions. 13) Attributes measured (N/A = Not applicable): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Variable Name example: AIRMAX Name used in data set header. Variable Format example: C = character (C3: Three characters [XXX]) I = integer (I2: Integer with two places [##]) F = floating point (F4.2: Total places with decimal point = 4, with 2 decimal places. [#.##]) Variable Mask example: mm/dd/yyyy Date where mm=month, dd=day, yyyy=year Exception Value Codes format: [code] = [description] example: 'Q' = questionable data Code = code (surrounded by single quotes) Note: Equal signs (=) are used to separate code and description. Note: Enter multiple Exception Value Codes on separate lines. Acceptable Value Type examples: defined list undefined list range complex external list Acceptable Value Codes format: [code] = [description] example: C = Creosotebush Code = code Note: Equal signs (=) are used to separate code and description. Note: Enter multiple Exception Value Codes on separate lines. Note: Equal signs (=) are used to separate values and commas (,) are used to separate multiple value sets. Ranges of acceptable values are separated by a dashes. Lists of acceptable values are separated by commas. Asterick symbols (*) are reserved to indicate external lookup file listing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- variable name: DATE attribute description: Date data was collected measured units: N/A start column position: 1 variable format: C10 variable mask: mm/dd/yyyy exception value codes: - = Missing value code acceptable value type: N/A acceptable value codes: N/A variable name: SITE attribute description: Site code measured units: N/A start column position: 12 variable format: C1 variable mask: N/A exception value codes: - = Missing value code acceptable value type: defined list acceptable value codes: C = Creosotebush G = Grassland M = Mesquite dune P = Playa T = Tarbush variable name: TIME attribute description: Time of day data was collected measured units: N/A start column position: 14 variable format: C2 variable mask: N/A exception value codes: - = Missing value code acceptable value type: defined list acceptable value codes: DN = dawn MM = midmorning MD = midday AF = afternoon SS = sunset variable name: SKY attribute description: Condition of the sky measured units: N/A start column position: 17 variable format: C2 variable mask: N/A exception value codes: - = Missing value code acceptable value type: defined list acceptable value codes: CL = clear OC = overcast variable name: WIND attribute description: Wind condition measured units: N/A start column position: 20 variable format: C2 variable mask: N/A exception value codes: - = Missing value code acceptable value type: defined list acceptable value codes: CA = calm WD = windy VW = very windy variable name: SPP attribute description: Species code measured units: N/A start column position: 23 variable format: C4 variable mask: N/A exception value codes: - = Missing value code acceptable value type: external list acceptable value codes: * = See external lookup file, ANMLTRAN.LST, for complete species code listing variable name: NUMB. attribute description: Number of individual species spotted measured units: N/A start column position: 28 variable format: I3 variable mask: N/A acceptable value type: N/A acceptable value codes: N/A variable name: DIST. attribute description: Perpendicular distance from transect measured units: N/A start column position: 32 variable format: I3 variable mask: N/A exception value codes: - = Missing value code acceptable value type: N/A acceptable value codes: N/A variable name: SEGM. attribute description: Segment number measured units: N/A start column position: 36 variable format: N/A variable mask: I2 exception value codes: - = Missing value code acceptable value type: range acceptable value codes: 1-20 variable name: CODE attribute description: Animal code measured units: N/A start column position: 39 variable format: I1 variable mask: N/A exception value codes: - = Missing value code acceptable value type: defined list acceptable value codes: 0 = None 1 = Birds 2 = Rabbits 3 = Lizards 4= Mammals 5 = Snakes 6 = Turtles 9 = Missing variable name: ERR attribute description: Error code measured units: N/A start column position: 41 variable format: I1 variable mask: N/A exception value codes: - = Missing value code acceptable value type: defined list acceptable value codes: 0 = No Problems 1 = See data history log 14) Methodology (Provide sufficient detail such that an unaware reader could repeat the described data collection procedures.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- One observer walks each transect from segment 1 to 20. The observer records all birds, rabbits, and lizards seen. The distance of each animal from the transect line is also estimated and recorded. Transects are walked in the morning hours only, once every two weeks. The Emlen method (Emlen 1971) will be used to estimate densities of each animal species at each site. 15) Key literature (Citations that describe sampling procedures, [reference of a published paper, thesis, etc.]): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emlen, J. T. 1971. Population densities of birds derived from transect counts. Auk 88:323-342. Raitt, R. J. and S. L. Pimm. 1976. Dynamics of bird communities in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico. The Condor 78:427-442. 16) Keywords (keywords that describe data set; maximum of 10): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- birds, rabbits, lizards, animals, consumers, populations 17) Treatment of data: (List any programs used in analysis of the data): [Note: Programs should be appended and stored with this form.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field data is entered using LOTUS 1-2-3 add-in, D.A.V.E., which is a data entry and verification program. 18) Associated computer accounts: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIO030 19) Files associated with this data set: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- File Type Codes: Type Code Definition ---- ---------- MD Metadata files DS Data files DE Data entry, verification, and analysis files OT Other (Any other related files) File Format Codes: ASCII, BINARY ------Metadata files------------------------------------ file type: MD file name: ANMLTRAN.PRJ description: Project documentation file format: Text file format type: ASCII file type: MD file name: ANMLTRAN.DSD description: Data set documentation file format: Text file format type: ASCII ------Data files---------------------------------------- file type: DS file name: ANMLTRAN.DAT description: Data file file format: Text file format type: ASCII file type: DS file name: ANMLTRAN.HIS description: Data set history log file format: Text file format type: ASCII ------Data entry, verification, and analysis files------ file type: DE file name: ANMLTRAN.IMG description: Data entry template image used to enter data file format: LOTUS 1-2-3 with D.A.V.E. add-in format type: BINARY file type: DE file name: ANMLTRCK.IMG description: Data entry template image used to error check file format: LOTUS 1-2-3 with D.A.V.E. add-in format type: BINARY file type: DE file name: ANMLTRSP.EXT description: External ascii file used by LOTUS add-in D.A.V.E. to to verify species codes during data entry. Consists of 4-letter species codes in single, left-justified column. file format: Text file format type: ASCII file type: DE file name: ANMLCODE.WQ1 description: Spreadsheet macro program that autoloads and executes to modify ANMLTRAN.WK1 and ANMLTRAN.DAT files by appending identifying numeric animal code to end of each record file format: Quattro Pro format type: BINARY file type: DE file name: ANMLTRCK.EXE description: Program that checks the ASCII data file for errors file format: Microsoft QuickBasic 4.5 format type: BINARY file type: DE file name: ANMLTRDE.PRO description: Data Entry procedures file format: Text file format type: ASCII ------Other (Any other related files)------------------- file type: OT file name: ANMLTRAN.LST description: Animal species listing and codes file format: Text file format type: ASCII file type: OT file name: OLDANMLT.PRO description: Data Entry procedures (OLD) file format: Text file format type: ASCII file type: OT file name: ANMLTRAN.HTM description: HTML format of dataset documentation (OLD) file format: HTML file format type: ASCII 20) Comments (Include any comments here that more fully describe this data set): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- See ANMLTRDE.PRO for data entry procedure. The animal code is added, after the data is entered using the LOTUS add-in D.A.V.E, by a Quattro Pro spreadsheet macro by comparing the species name in the data to those within the species list included in the macro file. Updates to species list should also be made to macro species list. Macro file = ANMLCODE.WQ1. Instructions are included at beginning of macro code with additional instructions provided as macro executes. 21) Data set documentation history log: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Data set title - Animal Transects Data Data set file name - ANMLTRAN.DSD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- mm/dd/yyyy - Date of Comment Int - Initials of person making Comment KJL = Kevin J. La Fleur JPA = John P. Anderson JL = Jim Lenz KR = Ken Ramsey Changes/Updates - List any changes made to document mm/dd/yyyy Int Changes/Updates ---------- --- -------------------------------------------------------- 04/18/1989 KJL Form completed by investigator 08/02/1996 KJL Converted data set document file to new format. 02/15/1997 JPA Updated files associated with data set. Edited content of documentation. 06/13/2002 JL Added Dataset ID and Project ID sections. 01/14/2003 KR Changed format for Attributes and Associated Files section. Moved Dataset and Project IDs to top of form. 01/16/2003 KR Removed Missing/Questionable data section and incorporated into Attributes section. 06/05/2003 KR Changed data set access policy to UNRESTRICTED per Dave Lightfoot ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- END OF DATA SET FILE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------