Temperature, precipitation and soil characteristics of Volcan Cacao - Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), Costa Rica

Temperature was recorded using an Onset HOBO MX2202 Pendant Wireless.Temperature Data Logger that recorded temperature every15 minutes each day. Datalogger is buried approximately 10-15 cm below the surface. This deposition includes measurements of soil chemistry as recorded in the field by an HH2 Moisture Meter Wet Sensor (Wet-2) (Delta T Devices, Cambridge, England) in February and August 2014.

Inorganic elemental analysis was completed at the University of Guelph Laboratory Services by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) for: Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorous, Potassium, Sodium, Sulphur, and Iron. A second analysis of elements in soil was conducted at SGS Argifood Laboratories (ug/g) by ICP using ammonium acetate extraction for P, K, Mg and Na.