DATA FILE LAYOUT: LONG-TERM BASAL DIAMETER AND MASS OF PERENNIAL GRASSES (FILE: ltbasaldiametermass.xls) ITEM ITEM DATA NUM ITEM COL. NAME WIDTH TYPE DEC DESCRIPTION A PASTTRAN 3 NUMBER 0 Pasture-transect unique ID number B PASTURE 3 TEXT - Pasture name/number C TRANSECT 3 TEXT - Transect number D YEAR 4 NUMBER 0 Year measurement was taken, starting in 2009 E ORIGIN 12 TEXT - Study in which transect was first established F MESQSTAT 4 TEXT - Mesquite treatment in previous studies G 1994 BURN 3 TEXT - Whether transect area burned in June 1994 fire H SPECIES 7 TEXT - Code for scientific name of perennial grass species I BASAL DIAMETER (CM) 4 NUMBER 1 Individual perennial grass diameter in centimeters J GRASS MASS (G) 6 NUMBER 2 Mass of grass plant calculated with allometric equation K CANOPY COVER O/U 1 NUMBER 0 Presence of mesquite canopy cover; 1=under mesquite canopy, 0=no mesquite canopy ltbasaldiametermasslayout.txt 26 August 2012