NPP Grassland: Dzhanybek, Kazakhstan, 1955-1989


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Photograph: Termite mound at Dzhanybek (click on the photo to view a larger image from this site).

Data Citation

Cite this data set as follows:

Gilmanov, T. G. 1997. NPP Grassland: Dzhanybek, Kazakhstan, 1955-1989. Data set. Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Description

Productivity of a semi-desert steppe was determined at the Dzhanybek Research Station in Kazakhstan, between 1955 and 1989. These data are part of a series of grassland data sets recently assembled and checked by Dr. Tagir Gilmanov. These data sets cover a wide range of climate and "continentality" (increasing maximum summer temperatures, decreasing precipitation) from the North-West to the South-East of the Commonwealth of Independent States (former U.S.S.R.).

The Dzhanybek study site (49.33 N 46.78 E) is situated across the Russia/Kazakh border from Volgograd, located on the Caspian Sea Lowlands.

A long time series of peak live biomass measurements are available from 1955 to 1989 (excluding 1976). More detailed data on the seasonal dynamics of above-ground live biomass and dead matter are available for 1985-1989.

Contact Information

Contact: Dr. T. G. Gilmanov
Center for Ecology and Productivity of Forests
Russian Academy of Sciences
69 Novocheryomushkinskaya
Moscow 117418
RUSSIA

c/o Department of Biology and Microbiology
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 57007
U.S.A.

Telephone (U.S.A.): +1 (605) 688-4925/6141
Fax (Russia): +7 (095) 200-2216/2217 (Attn. Gilmanov 002840)
Fax (U.S.A.): +1 (605) 688-6677
E-mail: Tagir_Gilmanov@sdstate.edu

Click on the following linked phrase to view references and summaries for the Dzhanybek site. More detailed information is available in the associated guide document.