Ecological Archives E095-212-A1

Brandon T. Barton. 2014. Reduced wind strengthens top-down control of an insect herbivore. Ecology 95:2375–2381. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-2171.1

Appendix A. Five years of temperature, precipitation, and wind data from the study area.

Table A1. Weather data from weather station KMSN, Madison, WI(43°08'23'' N, 089°20'15''W) for 5 years (two years before the experiment and two years after). This is the closest weather station to the field site, which is approximately 20 km north of KMSN. Data presented include average temperature, total precipitation, average wind speed between 15 July and 15 September 2009–2013. Data was downloaded from www.weatherunderground.com.

Year

Temp. (C)

Precip. (cm)

Wind (km/h)

2009

19.4

9.1

7.9

2010

22.2

31.3

8.7

2011 (study year)

21.7

14.6

8.0

2012

22.2

16.4

8.5

2013

21.1

12.3

8.4

 

 

 

 

Average

21.3

16.8

8.3


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