| Name | Column Label | Definition | Type of Value | Measurement Type | Measurement Domain | Missing Value Code | Accuracy Report | Accuracy Assessment | Coverage | Method |
| "ExpCode" | ExpCode
| Unique identifier for each plot |
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| Def | H or L followed by rep number |
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| "Year" | Year
| Year of sample |
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| Unit | nominalYear |
| Type | natural |
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| "T" | Temperature
| Temperature of soil sample in field (on the day taken, same day as respiration measurement taken) |
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| "Resp" | Respiration
| Respiration |
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| Unit | dimensionless |
| Type | natural |
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| "Smoist" | Soil moisture
| % soil moisture |
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| Unit | dimensionless |
| Type | real |
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| "SOM" | Soil organic matter
| Soil organic matter (by muffler oven) |
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| Unit | dimensionless |
| Type | real |
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| "PerC" | percent carbon
| percent carbon in soil |
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| Unit | dimensionless |
| Type | real |
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| "PerN" | percent nitrogen
| percent nitrogen in soil |
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| Unit | dimensionless |
| Type | real |
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| "PerOrgC" | percent organic carbon
| percent organic carbon in soil |
| ratio |
| Unit | dimensionless |
| Type | real |
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| "InOrgC" | percent inorganic carbon
| percent inorganic carbon in soil (by HCl method) |
| ratio |
| Unit | dimensionless |
| Type | real |
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| "MBC" | microbial biomass carbon
| microbial biomass carbon in soil (by chloroform fumigation and extraction) |
| ratio |
| Unit | dimensionless |
| Type | real |
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| "Volume" | Shrub volume
| Estimated volume of focal Artemisia californica shrub |
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| "T.new.growth" | Total new shrub growth
| Total new growth of focal Artemisia californica shrub (g) |
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| "T.old.growth" | Total old growth
| Total previous years' growth of focal Artemisia californica shrub (g) |
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