Extensive vegetation and soil surveys from multiple sites in boreal forests of subarctic Canada, 2013-2014
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Williams, M.; Estop-Aragones, C.; Fisher, J.P.; Murton, J.B.; Phoenix, G.K.; Hartley, I.P. (2020). Extensive vegetation and soil surveys from multiple sites in boreal forests of subarctic Canada, 2013-2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/36f4e380-d01d-44a7-8321-7a677e6996b2
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https://doi.org/10.5285/36f4e380-d01d-44a7-8321-7a677e6996b2
The dataset contains a stratified survey of ecological and soil states at sites where fine scale patterns of covariation between vegetation and edaphic characteristics were recorded. Key data collection included leaf area index, moss and organic matter thickness, surface and deeper soil moisture.
Data were collected at sites in the Yukon (2013) and Northwest Territories (2014), Canada.
Data were collected at sites in the Yukon (2013) and Northwest Territories (2014), Canada.
Publication date: 2020-05-19
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2013-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Provenance & quality
Tree canopy leaf area index (LAITree) was determined using a Nikon D5000 DSLR camera with a Sigma EX 4.5 1:2.8 DC HSM hemispherical lens. Nine photographs were taken at different locations 1 m above each plot and processed with CAN-EYE software.
Understory LAI (LAIU) was measured using a LI-COR LAI2000 Plant Canopy Analyser (LI-COR, Lincoln, USA). One measurement was taken above the understory canopy with a 90 degree field of view cap and four measurements were taken below the understory canopy at the four corners of a 20 x 20 cm square at the centre of each plot.
Moss thickness was determined by carefully removing a section of moss and organic material from the ground with a serrated knife while avoiding compression. Moss thickness was measured as the distance from the surface of the living moss to the point at which dead moss (fibric material) became decomposed to a state that its structure was no longer discernible.
For further details please read the associated supporting documentation.
Understory LAI (LAIU) was measured using a LI-COR LAI2000 Plant Canopy Analyser (LI-COR, Lincoln, USA). One measurement was taken above the understory canopy with a 90 degree field of view cap and four measurements were taken below the understory canopy at the four corners of a 20 x 20 cm square at the centre of each plot.
Moss thickness was determined by carefully removing a section of moss and organic material from the ground with a serrated knife while avoiding compression. Moss thickness was measured as the distance from the surface of the living moss to the point at which dead moss (fibric material) became decomposed to a state that its structure was no longer discernible.
For further details please read the associated supporting documentation.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Williams, M.; Estop-Aragones, C.; Fisher, J.P.; Murton, J.B.; Phoenix, G.K.; Hartley, I.P. (2020). Extensive vegetation and soil surveys from multiple sites in boreal forests of subarctic Canada, 2013-2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/36f4e380-d01d-44a7-8321-7a677e6996b2
University of Edinburgh
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Supplemental information
Fisher, J. P., C. Estop‐Aragonés, A. Thierry, D. J. Charman, S. A. Wolfe, I. P. Hartley, J. B. Murton, M. Williams and G. K. Phoenix (2016). "The influence of vegetation and soil characteristics on active‐layer thickness of permafrost soils in boreal forest." Global change Biology 22: 3127–3140.
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Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-5208
Estop-Aragones, C.
University of Exeter
Fisher, J.P.
University of Sheffield
Murton, J.B.
University of Sussex
Phoenix, G.K.
University of Sheffield
Hartley, I.P.
University of Exeter
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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