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Biomass totals and root biomass (partitioned by percent of total leaf area) for species, tissue type, and functional group for the Arctic LTER experimental 1981 mesic acidic tussock tundra (MAT81) for the 2000 and 2015 harvests, Toolik Field Station, Alaska.
Whole plant biomass totals and root biomass (partitioned by percent of total leaf area) for species, tissue type, and functional group for the Arctic LTER experimental 1981 mesic acidic tussock tundra (MAT81) for the 2000 and 2015 harvests. Because most of the root biomass could not be identified to species in either 2000 or 2015, the calculation of root biomass and element content for roots not identified to species was estimated by the proportion of those species’ contributions to total leaf area. Specific Leaf Area (SLA = leaf area per gram leaf, centimeter squared per gram) values were available from several previous harvests of this experiment; in the present study, we used measurements from the 1995 harvest (Shaver et al. 2001).
Fire-severity effects on plant-fungal interactions after a novel tundra wildfire disturbance: implications for arctic shrub and tree migration
Background-Vegetation change in high latitude tundra ecosystems is expected to accelerate due to increased wildfire activity. High-severity fires increase the availability of mineral soil seedbeds, which facilitates recruitment, yet fire also alters soil microbial composition, which could significantly impact seedling establishment. Results - We investigated the effects of fire severity on soil biota and associated effects on plant performance for two plant species predicted to expand into Arctic tundra. We inoculated seedlings in a growth chamber experiment with soils collected from the largest tundra fire recorded in the Arctic and used molecular tools to characterize root-associated fungal communities. Seedling biomass was significantly related to the composition of fungal inoculum. Biomass decreased as fire severity increased and the proportion of pathogenic fungi increased. Conclusions - Our results suggest that effects of fire severity on soil biota reduces seedling performance and thus we hypothesize that in certain ecological contexts fire-severity effects on plant-fungal interactions may dampen the expected increases in tree and shrub establishment after tundra fire.
Reciprocal transplant of mosses from Arctic tundra to alpine tundra and associated N2 fixation rates
In the summer of 2018, 12 cores were taken at Toolik Field Station. Six of those cores were retransplanted into their home environment, while six we transplanted to Eight Mile Lake. At Eight Mile Lake, the same procedure was followed. One year later, these transplants were revisited and associated N2 fixation rates were measured for Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium scheberi and Aulacomnium turgidum using 15N2 gas incubations.
Data from: Dwarf shrubs impact tundra soils: drier, colder, and less organic carbon
<p>In the tundra, woody plants are dispersing towards higher latitudes and altitudes due to increasingly favourable climatic conditions. The coverage and height of woody plants are increasing, which may influence the soils of the tundra ecosystem. Here, we use structural equation modelling to analyse 171 study plots and to examine if the coverage and height of woody plants affect the growing-season topsoil moisture and temperature (< 10 cm) as well as soil organic carbon stocks (< 80 cm). In our study setting, we consider the hierarchy of the ecosystem by controlling for other factors, such as topography, wintertime snow depth and the overall plant coverage that potentially influence woody plants and soil properties in this dwarf-shrub dominated landscape in northern Fennoscandia. We found strong links from topography to both vegetation and soil. Further, we found that woody plants influence multiple soil properties: the dominance of woody plants inversely correlated with soil moisture, soil temperature, and soil organic carbon stocks (standardised regression coefficients = -0.39; -0.22; -0.34, respectively), even when controlling for other landscape features. Our results indicate that the dominance of dwarf shrubs may lead to soils that are drier, colder, and contain less organic carbon. Thus, there are multiple mechanisms through which woody plants may influence tundra soils.</p> <p>Kemppinen, Niittynen, Virkkala, Happonen, Riihimäki, Aalto & Luoto (2021). Dwarf shrubs impact tundra soils: drier, colder, and less organic carbon. Ecosystems.</p> <p>These are the data from Kemppinen et al. (2021).</p>
Data from: Consistent trait-environment relationships within and across tundra plant communities
<p>A fundamental assumption in trait-based ecology is that relationships between traits and environmental conditions are globally consistent. We use field-quantified microclimate and soil data to explore if trait-environment relationships are generalisable across plant communities and spatial scales. We collected data from 6720 plots and 217 species across four distinct tundra regions from both hemispheres. We combine this data with over 76000 database trait records to relate local plant community trait composition to broad gradients of key environmental drivers: soil moisture, soil temperature, soil pH, and potential solar radiation. Results revealed strong, consistent trait-environment relationships across Arctic and Antarctic regions. This indicates that the detected relationships are transferable between tundra plant communities also when fine-scale environmental heterogeneity is accounted for, and that variation in local conditions heavily influences both structural and leaf economic traits. Our results strengthen the biological and mechanistic basis for climate change impact predictions of vulnerable high-latitude ecosystems.</p> <p>Kemppinen, Niittynen, le Roux, Momberg, Happonen, Aalto, Rautakoski, Enquist, Vandvik, Halbritter, Maitner & Luoto (2021). Consistent trait-environment relationships within and across tundra plant communities. Nature Ecology and Evolution</p> <p>These are the data and codes from Kemppinen et al. (2021).</p>
Data and documentation from: Microclimate explains little variation in year-round decomposition across an Arctic tundra landscape
<p>The zip file contains data and code to reproduce the analysis in the submitted manuscript entitled <i>Microclimate explains little variation in year-round decomposition across an Arctic tundra landscape</i>. Please see the manuscript for further details on background, methodology, results and discussion.</p>
Spectral albedo and summer ground temperature of herbaceous and shrub tundra vegetation at Bylot Island, Canadian High-Arctic
<p>These data are in support of a preprint: </p><p>Comparing spectral albedo and NDVI of herbaceous and shrub tundra vegetation at Bylot Island, Canadian High-Arctic</p><p>Florent Domine, Maria-Belke-Brea, Ghislain Picard, Laurent Arnaud, and Esther Lévesque</p><p>To be submitted in 2023. </p><p>The spectral albedo of several vegetation assemblages on Bylot Island and in Mala River valley on nearby Baffin Island were recorded between 10 and 18 July 2015. The spectral range covered was 346 to 2400 nm. Surfaces were classified according to the main vegetation types. Classes used are graminoids, moss, Salix arctica, soil, and Salix richardsonii. S. richardsonii is the only truly erect species on Bylot Island. Transmission spectra of radiation through the S. richardsonii canopy were also recorded. S. richardsonii spectra were different depending on the location where they were measured and we present spectra for sites in active parts of an alluvial fan (Salix-G2), an inactive part of an alluvial fan (Salix-D1) and in a mesic area on Mala River Valley (Salix-M). We also present typical relative solar irradiance spectra recorded at Bylot Island during the campaign, under clear and overcast conditions. In conjunction with spectral albedo data, these irradiance spectra allow the calculation of the broadband (BB) albedo of the vegetation types and to compare BB albedo values under identical irradiance conditions. 83 spectra were recorded: 39 for S. richardsonii and 44 for low vegetation and soil. 17 transmission spectra under S. richardsonii were recorded. We present here only averages for each vegetation type. We also present averages for all low vegetation types and for all S. richardsonii spectra, to allow the calculation of the radiative impact of erect shrubs at Bylot Island. </p><p>We also present soil temperature data at 15 cm depth for the spots GRASS (mostly Salix Arctica), TUNDRA (Mostly moss), SALIX-D1 (Salix richardsonii) and SALIX-F (Salix richardsonii). SALIX-F is similar to SALIX-G2. The data are during summer 2020. </p><p>The locations of the various spots investigated are: </p><p><strong>Spot name Latitude Longitude Vegetation types found</strong></p><p>TUNDRA 73.150° -80.004° Humid and moist polygons with low vegetation dominated by mosses, graminoids, S. arctica and S. herbacea.</p><p>PLAINE 73.167° -79.915° Low vegetation and bare soil patches caused by cryoturbation (mudboils) with mosses, graminoids and S. arctica.</p><p>GRASS 73.158° -79.907° Low vegetation between patches of S. richardsonii dominated by S. arctica, with litter, mosses, graminoids and occasional bare soil. </p><p>SALIX-D1 73.158° -79.907° Scattered patches of S. richardsonii <35 cm tall. Understory is mosses, graminoids, litter, S. arctica and bare soil.</p><p>SALIX-M 73.006° -80.685° Mesic area with patches of S. richardsonii 35 to 40 cm tall. Understory includes moss, graminoids and litter. Between patches: herb tundra with graminoids and mosses. The area is not within an alluvial fan.</p><p>SALIX-G2 73.168° -79.812° Extended area in an alluvial fan with S. richardsonii >40 cm. Understory includes litter, mosses, graminoids, bare soil, S. arctica and S. reticulata.</p><p>SALIX-F 73.182° -79.745° Similar to SALIX-G2. Ground temperature is monitored there. No spectral data were recorded at that site. </p><p> </p><p> </p>
Litter decomposition is moderated by scale-dependent microenvironmental variation in tundra ecosystems
<p><strong>QHI_crop.tiff </strong>= We carried out topographic surveys using unoccupied aerial vehicles photogrammetry in August 2017. We used three UAV platforms to collect RGB multispectral data at a fine (3 cm) spatial resolution: DJI Phantom 4 Pro and Advanced (multicopter), and Phantom FX-61 (fixed wing), and used used structure from motion with multiview steriopsis to obtain a fine-grain 10 cm spatial resolution digital surface model and orthomosaic as described in Cunliffe et al. (2019a, 2019b).</p> <p><strong>thermsum.tif </strong>= We used the microclima package in R (Kearney et al., 2020; Maclean et al., 2019) to model surface air temperature at a 1-m spatial grain. Using our fine resolution DSM, we modelled mean surface temperatures at the study site for each day spanning the teabag burial period of 13th July to 9th August 2017. The microclima model incorporates local daily climate, radiation, cloud cover and coastal exposure data from gridded global datasets derived from RCNEP (<a href="https://www.zotero.org/google-docs/?broken=Zl6wgI">Kemp et al., 2012)</a>. We summed the 28 TIF files produced through this modelling technique to produce a 28-day thermal sum variable - a metric which captures the overall heating of the ground surface over the course of the experiment.</p> <p><strong>Cited Works:</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Cunliffe, A., I. Myers-Smith. J. Kerby and W. Palmer (2019a). Orthomosaic of permafrost landscape on Qikiqtaruk – Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada: August 2017. NERC Polar Data Centre. DOI:10.5285/29bf1c9f-a39a-452c-b9f9-de35d9fb9179.</p> <p> </p> <p>Cunliffe, A., G. Tanski, B. Radosavljevic, W. Palmer, T. Sachs, H. Lantuit, J. Kerby, and I. Myers-Smith (2019b) Rapid retreat of permafrost coastline observed with aerial drone photogrammetry. The Cryosphere 13(5):1513-1528. DOI: 10.5194/tc-13-1513-2019.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/google-docs/?hjdBYY">Maclean, I. M. (2020). Predicting future climate at high spatial and temporal resolution. <em>Global Change Biology</em>, <em>26</em>(2), 1003–1011.</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Kearney, M. R., Gillingham, P. K., Bramer, I., Duffy, J. P., & Maclean, I. M. (2020). A method for computing hourly, historical, terrain‐corrected microclimate anywhere on Earth. <em>Methods in Ecology and Evolution</em>, <em>11</em>(1), 38-43.</p> <p> </p> <p>Kemp, M. U., Van Loon, E. E., Shamoun-Baranes, J., & Bouten, W. (2012). RNCEP: global weather and climate data at your fingertips. <em>Methods in Ecology & Evolution</em>, <em>3</em>(1), 65-70.</p> <p><strong>Paper Abstract:</strong></p> <ol> <li> <p><strong>The Arctic tundra is one of the world’s largest organic carbon stores, yet this carbon is vulnerable to accelerated decomposition as climate warming progresses. We currently know very little about landscape-scale controls of litter decomposition in tundra ecosystems, which hinders our understanding of the global carbon cycle. </strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Here, we examined how local-scale topography, surface air temperature, soil moisture and permafrost conditions influenced litter decomposition rates across a heterogeneous tundra landscape on Qikiqtaruk - Herschel Island (Yukon, Canada).</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>We used the Tea Bag Index protocol to derive decomposition metrics which we then compared across environmental gradients, including thermal sum surface temperature data derived from fine-resolution microclimate data modelled from drone derived topographic data.</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>We found greater green tea litter mass loss and faster decomposition rates in wetter and warmer areas within the landscape, and to a lesser extent in areas with deeper permafrost active layer thickness.</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Spatially heterogeneous belowground conditions (soil moisture and active layer depth) explained variation in decomposition metrics at the landscape-scale (> 10 m) better than surface temperature.</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Surprisingly, there was no strong control of elevation or slope of litter decomposition. We also found higher decomposition rates on North-facing relative to South-facing aspects at microsites that were wetter rather than warmer.</strong></p> </li> </ol>
Utility of polarizations available from Sentinel-1 for tundra mapping
<p>This presentation reviews achievements with C-band SAR in general and specifically Sentinel-1 for Arctic land monitoring, the implications of the current acquisition strategy including the availability of certain polarizations and discusses differences to other wavelengths through the use of Kennaugh parameterization. Unfrozen as well as frozen season observations provide added value. C-VV has the best availability and can be used for a wide range of land cover and terrain change studies. C-HH has been proven applicable for soil characterization but can only be applied regionally. A combination with other wavelengths (demonstrated for X-band) is promising for specifically mapping of wetlands, which are of interest with respect to permafrost applications.</p>
Data from: Cross-scale regulation of seasonal microclimate by vegetation and snow in the Arctic tundra
<p>The zip file contains data and code from the analyses for von Oppen et al. (2022) <em>Global Change Biology</em> (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16426">https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16426</a>). Access through the provided R project file (e.g. with RStudio) is recommended for seamless running of the code. Please see the paper (link below) for methodological details, results and discussion, and the ReadMe included in the archive for further detail and usage policy.</p>
High resolution microsection images for: Common juniper, the oldest living non-clonal woody species across the tundra biome and the European continent
<p>Two high resolution images of the stem section are available as .czi files. These images are from a living <em>Juniperus communis</em> L. branch from Abisko (Sweden) sampled in August 2021. These high-resolution photographs (2.89 pixel/μm) were created using Axio Scan 7, Zeiss, Germany. </p> <p>One high resolution image of the same stem section is archived as a .tif file (49835x25587 pixels). This image is a composition of the two .czi images created using Axio Scan 7, Zeiss, with a reduced resolution and edited adding the ring-count reference points and the reference scale.</p>
Dataset for "Fire disturbance promotes biodiversity of plants, lichens and birds in the Siberian subarctic tundra"
<p>Data that support the findings of the study "<strong>Fire disturbance promotes biodiversity of plants, lichens and birds in the Siberian subarctic tundra</strong>".</p>
Dataset to the manuscript "Deciduous tundra shrubs shift toward more acquisitive light absorption strategy under climate change treatments"
<p>The three datasets were used for the statistical analysis for the manuscript entitled "Deciduous tundra shrubs shift toward more acquisitive light absorption strategy under climate change treatments".</p>
Above ground plant biomass in a mesic acidic tussock tundra experimental site from 1982 to 2015 Arctic LTER, Toolik Lake, Alaska.
Above ground plant biomass and leaf area were measured in a moist acidic tussock tundra experimental site. The plots were set up in 1981 and have been harvested in periodical (See Shaver and Chapin Ecological Monographs, 61(1), 1991 pp.1-31. Mack, et al, Nature 2004 431:440-443) This file contains the biomass numbers for each harvested quadrat and per cent carbon and nitrogen summaries for harvests through 2000. Leaf area data is presented in other data files (see http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/arc).
Above ground plant and below ground stem biomass in the Arctic LTER dry heath tundra experimental plots, 2006, Toolik Lake, Alaska
Above ground plant and below ground stem biomass, percent nitrogen, and percent carbon were measured in the Arctic LTER dry heath tundra experimental plots. Treatments included control, and nitrogen and phosphorus amended plots for 10 years, and exclosure plots with and without added nitrogen and phosphorus.
Characterization of burned and unburned moist acidic tundra sites for estimating C and N loss from the 2007 Anaktuvuk River Fire, sampled in 2008.
Burned and unburned moist acidic tundra sites used to estimate C and N loss from the Anaktuvuk River Fire (2007). These sites were sampled in summer of 2008. Unburned sites were used to develop a method for estimating soil organic layer depth and plant biomass, and for determining the characteristics of unburned soil organic layers. In burned sites, we characterized residual organic soils and used biometric measurements of tussocks to reconstruct pre-fire soil organic layer depth. Together, these measurements were used to reconstruct pre-fire soil and plant carbon and nitrogen pools and estimate ecosystem losses of these elements during the fire.
Belowground foodweb biomass from moist acidic tundra and dry heath tundra nutrient addition and herbivore exclusion plots (since 1996) sampled Summer 2006
Biomass of belowground community groups (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, rotifers, tardigrades) determined for organic soils in moist acidic tundra and dry heath tundra.
Belowground foodweb biomass from moist acidic tundra nutrient addition and greenhouse plots (since 1989) sampled July 2008.
Biomass of belowground community groups (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, rotifers, tardigrades) determined for organic and mineral soils in moist acidic tundra sampled in the moist acidic tundra nutient (N&amp;amp;amp;P) addition and greenhouse plots in July 2008.
Belowground foodweb biomass and soil CN and bulk density from moist acidic tundra nutrient addition plots (since 1989, 2006) sampled July 2011.
Biomass of belowground community groups (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, rotifers, tardigrades) determined for organic and mineral soils in moist acidic tundra. Soil carbon and nitrogen content, bulk density, and depth are included.
Belowground foodweb biomass from moist acidic tundra nutrient addition plots (since 1989, 1996, 2006) sampled June and August 2010.
Biomass of belowground community groups (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, rotifers, tardigrades) determined for organic and mineral soils in moist acidic tundra.
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