Abstract

he data set covers a 16-year period (1989–2005) of monthly small-mammalsurveys and associated habitat and environmental data. Small mammals are trapped everymonth on all experimental plots, and both ephemeral and perennial plant cover and soil seedbank composition are measured at regular intervals. Rainfall is recorded and compiledannually (through 1998) or monthly; information on captured small mammals and on allvegetative and rainfall data is contained in associated files. These data have been applied todiverse population- and community-level analyses and remain useful for investigations ofpopulation dynamics, species interactions, and the relative influence of biotic and abioticfactors. Sampling is ongoing, and data will be added over time.