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Tracking microhabitat temperature variation with iButton data loggers
Fawcett, Susan Sistla, Seeta Dacosta-Calheiros, Manny Kahraman, Abdullah Reznicek, Anton A. Rosenberg, Rachel von Wettberg, Eric J.B.
Fawcett, Susan
Sistla, Seeta
Dacosta-Calheiros, Manny
Kahraman, Abdullah
Reznicek, Anton A.
Rosenberg, Rachel
von Wettberg, Eric J.B.
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© 2019 Fawcett et al.
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10.1002/aps3.1237
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Applications in Plant Sciences is published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the Botanical Society of America Premise of the Study: Fine-scale variation in temperature and soil moisture contribute to microhabitats across the landscape, affecting plant phenology, distribution, and fitness. The recent availability of compact and inexpensive temperature and humidity data loggers such as iButtons has facilitated research on microclimates. Methods and Results: Here, we highlight the use of iButtons in three distinct settings: comparisons of empirical data to modeled climate data for rare rock ferns in the genus Asplenium in eastern North America; generation of fine-scale data to predict flowering time and vernalization responsiveness of crop wild relatives of chickpea from southeastern Anatolia; and measurements of extreme thermal variation of solar array installations in Vermont. Discussion: We highlight a range of challenges with iButtons, including serious limitations of the Hygrochron function that affect their utility for measuring soil moisture, and methods for protecting them from the elements and from human interference. Finally, we provide MATLAB code to facilitate the processing of raw iButton data.
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2019-04-01
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Fawcett S, Sistla S, Dacosta‐Calheiros M, Kahraman A, Reznicek AA, Rosenberg R, von Wettberg EJ. Tracking microhabitat temperature variation with iB utton data loggers. Applications in Plant Sciences. 2019 Apr;7(4):e01237.