Circumpolar Arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data
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2016-05-10Type
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Walker, D. A.; Daniels, F.J.A.; Alsos, Inger Greve; Bhatt, U S; Breen, A L; Buchhorn, M; Bultmann, H; Druckenmiller, L A; Edwards, M E; Ehrich, Dorothee; Epstein, Howard E.; Gould, W.A.; Ims, Rolf Anker; Meltofte, H; Raynolds, M. K.; Sibik, J; Talbot, SS; Webber, P. J.Abstract
Satellite-derived remote-sensing products are providing a modern circumpolar perspective of Arctic
vegetation and its changes, but this new view is dependent on a long heritage of ground-based
observations in the Arctic. Several products of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna are key to
our current understanding.Wereview aspects of the PanArctic Flora, the Circumpolar Arctic
Vegetation Map, the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment, and the Arctic Vegetation Archive (AVA) as they
relate to efforts to describe and map the vegetation, plant biomass, and biodiversity of the Arctic at
circumpolar, regional, landscape and plot scales. Cornerstones for all these tools are ground-based
plant-species and plant-community surveys. TheAVA is in progress and will store plot-based
vegetation observations in a public-accessible database for vegetation classification, modeling,
diversity studies, and other applications.Wepresent the current status of the Alaska Arctic Vegetation
Archive (AVA-AK), as a regional example for the panarctic archive, and with a roadmap for a
coordinated international approach to survey, archive and classify Arctic vegetation.Wenote the need
for more consistent standards of plot-based observations, and make several recommendations to
improve the linkage between plot-based observations biodiversity studies and satellite-based
observations of Arctic vegetation.
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Walker DA, Daniels F, Alsos IG, Bhatt, Breen, Buchhorn, Bultmann, Druckenmiller, Edwards ME, Ehrich D, Epstein HE, Gould W, Ims RA, Meltofte H, Raynolds MK, Sibik, Talbot S, Webber PJ. Circumpolar Arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data. Environmental Research Letters. 2016;11:055005Metadata
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