NPP Grassland: Khomutov, Ukraine, 1948-1970

Data Citation

Cite this data set as follows:

Gilmanov, T. G. 1996. NPP Grassland: Khomutov, Ukraine, 1948-1970. 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 "typical" steppe was determined at the Khomutovskaya Ukrainian Steppe Natural Reserve in Donezk Region, from 1967 to 1970. Measurement of monthly dynamics of above-ground plant biomass were made for each growing season (April-August/September). Cumulative above-ground net primary production was estimated for each year. These data are part of a series 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 Khomutov study site (47.17 N 38.0 E) is situated close to the city of Mariupol (former name Zhdanov) in south-east Ukraine, near the Black Sea. This kind of steppe was once widespread around the Black Sea Lowlands, and is typically mowed annually.

Four years of above-ground biomass, dead matter and litter data are available for each growing season as well as a winter season data point for December each year. There is also a single value of peak biomass from July 1948.

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 Khomutov site. More detailed information is available in the associated guide document.

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