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    • Effect of burn season and grazing deferment on mountain big sagebrush plant communities

    Metadata Updated: December 2, 2025

    Relative species and cover group data from a four-year long replicated experiment comparing the effects of season of fire (spring or fall) and sheep grazing deferment on sagebrush-steppe rangelands in east Idaho, USA. Study conducted by USDA-Agriculture Research Service Range Sheep Production Efficiency Research unit staff at the US Sheep Experiment Station near Dubois, ID. Deferment treatments included either no grazing for one or two growing seasons after fire, or no deferment, in which domestic sheep returned in the season after fire. Data also include species lookup table, precipitation data, and data library. Resources in this dataset:

    Resource Title: Species Lookup Table File Name: SpeciesListPrint2.csv Resource Description: Species code and cover group code table

    Resource Title: Data dictionary File Name: DataDictionary_SFF_2023.xlsx Resource Description: Data dictionary for data tables

    Resource Title: US Sheep Experiment Station Long Term Precipitation Record (inches) File Name: PrecipUSSESInches.csv Resource Description: US Sheep Experiment Station Long Term Precipitation Record (inches). Collected at Station Headquarters near Dubois, Idaho.

    Resource Title: Relative Cover Data by Species File Name: FoliarCoverSpecies.csv Resource Description: Relative cover data by species (codes). See species lookup table for species names.

    Resource Title: Relative cover data by cover groups File Name: FoliarCoverGroups.csv Resource Description: Relative foliar cover data summarized by cover type. See species lookup table for species names.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date December 2, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date December 2, 2025
    Publisher Agricultural Research Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1528791
    Data Last Modified 2025-11-21
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:18
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 36be884f-1e4c-4487-8905-5a98cb221841
    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    License https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Old Spatial {"type": "Point", "coordinates": -112.19667434692, 44.242689576271}
    Program Code 005:040
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 7891410a7268e01a52fe6593f8ec9af8697f95fa6f1a4c64ac87c6ea4d58c822
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Point", "coordinates": -112.19667434692, 44.242689576271}
    Temporal 2008-09-01/2008-09-01

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