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Summary of three different Leaf Area Index (LAI) methodologies of 19 1m x 1m point frame plots sampled near the LTER Shrub plots at Toolik Field Station in AK the summer of 2012.

Summary of three methods used to estimate the Leaf Area Index (LAI) of 19 1m x 1m plots sampled with a point frame near the LTER Shrub plots at the Toolik Field Station in AK the summer of 2012. The methods used were: (1) exponential relationship between LAI and Normalized Leaf Index (NDVI) as measured above the canopy with a Unispec spectroradiometer; (2) Delta-T SunScan canopy analyzer held at 5 cm above the ground under both direct and diffuse light conditions; (3) pin-drop point frame technique. Where values have been averaged (such as for the NDVI and SunScan measurements), the standard deviation is given. Raw data are available upon request for the Unispec data; the raw SunScan data is available under the file "PF_SunScan_LAI".

openCC (other)Feb 2023View details →
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Summary of soil temperature, moisture, and thaw depth for 14 chamber flux measurements sampled near Arctic LTER shrub sites at Toolik Field Station, Alaska, summer 2012.

Soil temperature at 5cm and 10cm depth, volumetric water content (VWC) and depth of thaw for 14 shrub canopy flux plots measured in vicinity of the Arctic LTER shrub site, Toolik Field Station, AK in 2012.

openCC (other)Feb 2023View details →
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Bonanza Creek LTER: Shrub, Seedling and Sapling Density from 1975 to Present in the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest near Fairbanks, Alaska

This study is a survey of the density of tall shrubs, saplings, and seedlings at Bonanza Creek LTER Control Plots. Densities have been measured at some sites since 1975 while others began in the mid 1980's. In 2006 methodology was changed in attempt to better capture the spatial variability of shrub and tree species within the research sites. The current method, presented here, uses a 2 meter wide transect along two site boundaries covering 220m2. All seedlings, saplings, and tall shrubs >1m (regardless of species) are counted by species and size class along the transect. The previous method used 4m2 circular plots at 20 points on a 10mx10m grid within the control plot for an area of 80m2. The circular method measured all seedlings, saplings, and a certain set of "tall shrubs", regardless of height. The height requirement creates an issue when comparing the old and new methods for early successional stands. For Alnus and Salix this is likely only a problem in the FP0 sites as they are the only sites with a high density of shrubs shorter than 1m. Shrub community changes at these early successional sites should be analyzed using percent cover data. At the later successional sites most Alnus and Salix shrubs are greater than 1m so the transect method likely does not underrepresent density. The metadata and raw data from the circular method can be found in <a href="http://www.lter.uaf.edu/data/data-detail/id/175"> Vegetation Plots of the Bonanza Creek LTER Control Plots: Species Count (1975 - 2004) </a>.

openOpenMar 2022View details →
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Winterberry: Fruit retention in fall and winter in 2016-2019 for four shrub species across Alaska

This dataset contains observations of fruit retention and state for Rosa acicularis (prickly rose), Empetrum nigrum (crowberry or blackberry), Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lowbush cranberry or lingonberry) and Viburnum edule (highbush cranberry). Data were collected at 47 sites in 25 communities in 6 ecoregions across Alaska, primarily by youth groups. Ecoregions include Bering taiga, Bering tundra, intermontane boreal, Alaska range transition, Aleutian meadows, and coastal rainforest. Observations were made approximately weekly during snow-free periods in fall and (at some sites) spring. At most sites only one species was monitored but some sites include observations on two species. Data consist of counts of unripe, ripe, rotten, dry, and damaged fruits. The dataset consists of one spreadsheet for each species and a file describing the location and habitat of each site.

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Aggregated 30-minute soil water and temperature data from 9 NPP shrub sites at Jornada Basin LTER, 2013 - 2024 (for Pinos et al 2025 manuscript)

This is an aggregated dataset of 30-minute soil temperature and moisture data from 9 shrub-dominated NPP study sites at the Jornada Basin LTER site in southern New Mexico, U.S.A. Collection of soil volumetric water content data at all of the 15 Jornada LTER NPP sites, New Mexico, supports the environmental monitoring objectives of the Jornada LTER monitoring program that look at plant-soil water dynamics. Volumetric water content and soil temperature are measured every 30 minutes at an automated meteorological station installed at all 15 of the Jornada LTER program’s NPP sites. This dataset aggregates only the stations located at the 9 sites with shrub-dominated vegetation cover (creosotebush, tarbush, and mesquite dune sites). Measurements are made every 30 minutes at 10 cm, 20 cm, and 30 cm soil depths. This dataset is in support of the Pinos et al. 2025 manuscript.

openCC (other)Mar 2025View details →
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Aggregated 30-minute meteorology data from 9 NPP shrub sites at Jornada Basin LTER, 2013 - 2024 (for Pinos et al 2025 manuscript)

This is an aggregated dataset of 30-minute summary meteorology data from 9 shrub-dominated NPP study sites at the Jornada Basin LTER site in southern New Mexico, U.S.A. Average air temperature, relative humidity, total precipitation, wind speed, wind direction, and solar radiation are measured and calculated based on 1-second scan rate of all sensors located at an automated meteorological station installed at all 15 of the Jornada LTER program’s NPP sites. This dataset aggregates only the stations located at the 9 sites with shrub-dominated vegetation cover (creosote, tarbush, and mesquite sites). Wind speed is measured at 75 cm, 150 cm, and 300 cm, wind direction at approximately 3m, and air temperature and relative humidity at approximate 2.5m. Solar radiation is measured at 3m. This dataset is in support of the Pinos et al. 2025 manuscript.

openCC (other)Mar 2025View details →
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Bonanza Creek LTER: Shrub, Seedling and Sapling Density from 1975 to Present in the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest near Fairbanks, Alaska (Reformatted to the ecocomDP Design Pattern)

This data package is formatted as an ecocomDP (Ecological Community Data Pattern). For more information on ecocomDP see https://github.com/EDIorg/ecocomDP. This Level 1 data package was derived from the Level 0 data package found here: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-bnz/530/11. The abstract below was extracted from the Level 0 data package and is included for context: This study is a survey of the density of tall shrubs, saplings, and seedlings at Bonanza Creek LTER Control Plots. Densities have been measured at some sites since 1975 while others began in the mid 1980's. In 2006 methodology was changed in attempt to better capture the spatial variability of shrub and tree species within the research sites. The current method, presented here, uses a 2 meter wide transect along two site boundaries covering 220m2. All seedlings, saplings, and tall shrubs >1m (regardless of species) are counted by species and size class along the transect. The previous method used 4m2 circular plots at 20 points on a 10mx10m grid within the control plot for an area of 80m2. The circular method measured all seedlings, saplings, and a certain set of "tall shrubs", regardless of height. The height requirement creates an issue when comparing the old and new methods for early successional stands. For Alnus and Salix this is likely only a problem in the FP0 sites as they are the only sites with a high density of shrubs shorter than 1m. Shrub community changes at these early successional sites should be analyzed using percent cover data. At the later successional sites most Alnus and Salix shrubs are greater than 1m so the transect method likely does not underrepresent density. The metadata and raw data from the circular method can be found in <a href="http://www.lter.uaf.edu/data/data-detail/id/175"> Vegetation Plots of the Bonanza Creek LTER Control Plots: Species Count (1975 - 2004) </a>.

openOpenAug 2021View details →
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Systems Ecology Lab Bajada Site: Weekly phenology observations of shrub and grass species at a bajada site at Jornada Basin LTER from 2010-2019

This dataset contains field-observed plot level phenology data for three perennial shrubs and one perennial grass at a bajada site at the Jornada Basin LTER site from 2010 to present. Shrubs include creosote (Larrea tridentata), honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), and tarbush (Fluorensia). The grass is bush muhly grass (Muhlenbergia porteri). The protocols and phenophase categories were developed by the US National Phenology Network (US-NPN) to detect the different life-cycles of the plant, from leaf development (breaking leaf buds, young unfolded leaves, percentage of leaves in canopy), to flower development (flower buds, open flowers, full flowering), and presence of fruit (ripe fruits, fruits from past growing season). Field data sheets were modified from the US-NPN to record the presence or absence of each phenophase recorded at each observation period for each tagged plant. This dataset is complete.

openCC (other)Mar 2022View details →
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WPE02 Shrub stem data to quantify woody encroachment in Konza watersheds from 2020, 2022, and 2023

Woody plant encroachment (WPE) is one of the most widespread and acute threats affecting grasslands worldwide. Nature-based solutions to reversing WPE in mesic grasslands have proven largely ineffective, with decades of frequent prescribed fire failing to reverse WPE in some instances. One solution is to conduct more extreme fires compared to traditional prescribed fire. However, most tests of this idea have occurred at small scales, a mismatch with the need for landscape-scale land management. We considered two catchments, each with long-term destocking of grazers to increase fuel loads, one which accidentally burned under dry windy conditions that produced an extreme fire, while one burned under prescribed fire conditions. The extreme fire caused a sharp decline in woody cover without corresponding negative externalities such as decreases in grass cover or biodiversity. However, after three years, the woody community completely recoverd with a 23% increase in woody cover from the first to third year post-fire. The prescribed fire catchment saw minor decreases in woody plant dominance that rebounded quickly to pre-fire values. Our results suggest that reversing encroachment will likely require a long-term approach, along with applying a combination of pressures that reduce woody abundance and promote fuel loads to intensify fire.

openCC0Aug 2025View details →
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Shrub influence on soil moisture, nutrients, temperature and species composition, 2019 - 2020.

Shrubification, the expansion and densification of shrubs, is occurring in arctic and alpine zones across the globe (Myers-Smith et al., 2011)⁠. This alteration is primarily driven by warming temperatures (Elmendorf et al., 2012b, 2012a)⁠, and can have major consequences for the existing vegetation (Anthelme et al., 2007; Pajunen et al., 2011; Venn et al., 2014)⁠ and for nutrient pools (Sturm et al., 2005; DeMarco et al., 2014)⁠ due to the abiotic and biotic effects of shrubs. Shrubs accumulate snow which insulates the ground during the winter and provides more moisture later in the season (Liston et al., 2002)⁠. During the summer, shrubs provide shade and wind protection. Additionally, shrubs can increase the soil nitrogen (N) pool through their high input of plant material into the soil (DeMarco et al., 2014). These small-scale climatic and soil alterations have important consequences for plant community dynamics in the arctic and alpine. References: Anthelme, F., Villaret, J.-C., and Brun, J.-J., 2007: Shrub encroachment in the Alps gives rise to the convergence of sub-alpine communities on a regional scale. Journal of Vegetation Science, 18(3):355–362. DeMarco, J., Mack, M. C., and Bret-Harte, M. S., 2014: Effects of arctic shrub expansion on biophysical vs . biogeochemical drivers of litter decomposition. Ecological Society of America, 95(7):1861–1875. Elmendorf, S. C., Henry, G. H. R., Hollister, R. D., Björk, R. G., Bjorkman, A. D., Callaghan, T. V., Collier, L. S., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Day, T. A., Fosaa, A. M., Gould, W. A., Grétarsdóttir, J., Harte, J., Hermanutz, L., Hik, D. S., Hofgaard, A., Jarrad, F., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Keuper, F., Klanderud, K., Klein, J. A., Koh, S., Kudo, G., Lang, S. I., Loewen, V., May, J. L., Mercado, J., Michelsen, A., Molau, U., Myers-Smith, I. H., Oberbauer, S. F., Pieper, S., Post, E., Rixen, C., Robinson, C. H., Schmidt, N. M., Shaver, G. R., Stenström, A., Tolvanen, A., Totland, Ø., Troxler, T., Wahren, C. H

openCC (other)Mar 2024View details →
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Shrub effects on seeding establishment, 2019 - 2020.

Plant communities in mountain ecosystems are particularly vulnerable due to amplified rates of warming (Pepin and Lundquist, 2008; Pepin et al., 2015) and declines in snowpack (Fyfe et al., 2017). As a result of these global change drivers, there is a widespread pattern of biotic shifts in the alpine (Bueno de Mesquita et al., 2018). However, it is unclear how important these biotic shifts will be in mediating the response of other species to global change. For example, the uphill movement and expansion of structure-forming species (e.g. trees, shrubs, cushion plants), can create small-scale variations in the conditions experienced by species (microclimates) through their effects on snow, wind, solar radiation, and soil properties (Holtmeier and Broll, 1992; Seastedt and Adams, 2001; Pistón et al., 2018; Chen et al., 2019). One such expanding structure-forming group of species are shrubs—the expansion and densification of shrubs is occurring in arctic and alpine zones across the globe (Myers-Smith et al., 2011; Formica et al., 2014; Elmendorf et al., 2012b, 2012a).Shrub microclimatic effects can alter fine-scale variability across the landscape, which may have important consequences for plant communities through increased heterogeneity and modified exposure. For instance, the microclimatic effects shrubs in the alpine may facilitate the establishment of subalpine species that need to migrate uphill to track their climatic niche (Akhalkatsi et al., 2006; Martínez, 2012; Cranston and Hermanutz, 2013). References Akhalkatsi, M., Abdaladze, O., Nakhutsrishvili, G., and Smith, W. K., 2006: Facilitation of seedling microsites by Rhododendron caucasicum extends the Betula litwinowii alpine treeline, Caucasus Mountains, Republic of Georgia. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 38(4):481–488. Bueno de Mesquita, C. P., Tillmann, L. S., Bernard, C. D., Rosemond, K. C., Molotch, N. P., and Suding, K. N., 2018: Topographic heterogeneity explains patterns of vegetation respons

openCC (other)Mar 2024View details →
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Point-Quarter Distance and Dimension Measurements to Calculate Shrub Density and Estimate Shrub ANPP in a Chihuahuan Desert Creosote Shrubland at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

In an effort to better quantify NPP of Creosotebush in the Five-Points region, it was decided to test the Point-Quarter method against the standard 1-m2 quadrat method that has been in use since 1998. Transects were laid out across the 5 mammal trapping webs as well as across burned and unburned plots of the Mixed Shrub site (MS). Repeated measures of the same bushes are performed seasonally. Whole shrubs of various size classes are collected, sorted, and weighed to develop regressions for biomass. Purpose: Data was collected initially to determine density and dimensions of creosote bush in the Five points area on core rodent webs and on burned and unburned plots following the 2003 prescribed burn. It was decided to expand the project by continuing measurements through time to quantify the change in shrub size and with simultaneous harvest of shrubs to measure NPP.

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Data from 'Tracability of Forest Reproductive Material with the quality label 'Plant van Hier': A DNA database with genetic profiles of native autochthonous tree and shrub species of Flanders, Belgium'

<h2>Background</h2> <p>Indigenous trees and shrubs play an important role in multifunctional forest management. They form a significant part of the biodiversity in our forests. Forest reproductive material (FRM) of autochthonous Flemish origin is sold under the quality label &lsquo;Plant van Hier&rsquo;, a certification mark of the Agency for Nature and Forests. To ensure the provenance of the seedlings, we developed a DNA-database of genetic profiles of potential parent trees, using species-specific genetic markers. This database enables the traceability of FRM of the &lsquo;Plant van Hier&rsquo; label throughout the entire production chain; from seed harvesting and cultivation to planting by the end user.</p> <p>This database contains the genetic profiles of almost all possible parent trees present within 27 Flemish autochthonous seed orchards of eight ecologically important tree and shrub species: <em>Carpinus betulus</em>, <em>Corylus avellana</em>, <em>Frangula alnus</em>, <em>Populus tremula</em>, <em>Sorbus aucuparia</em>, <em>Tilia cordata</em>, <em>Tilia platyphyllos,</em> and <em>Ulmus laevis</em>. The profiles were established using microsatellite markers (11 to 24 markers per species).&nbsp;&nbsp;New genetic markers were developed for&nbsp;<em>Carpinus betulus</em> and <em>Ulmus laevis</em>. PCR products were run on an ABI 3500 Genetic Analyser (Thermo Fisher Scientific).</p> <h2>Files</h2> <p>The files will be updated when new genotypes are added to the seed orchards. The current data files contain data from genotypes collected in the period 2018-2023.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Species_genotypes</h3> <p>These files contain the genetic fingerprints of the parent trees of autochthonous Flemish seed orchards. Missing data is indicated as &lsquo;MD&rsquo;. For <em>Carpinus betulus</em>, an octoploid species, the allelic phenotype is given instead of the genotype as the number of times that an allele occurs on a specific locus is not known.</p> <p>The next metadata is additionally given:<br>- Species: the Latin name of the species<br>- Seed_orchard: the name of the seed orchard in which the genotypes are located<br>- Code_seed_orchard: the code of the seed orchard in which the genotypes are located as given in the Register of Flemish Forest Reproductive Material (&lsquo;Register bosbouwkundig uitgangsmateriaal&rsquo;; inbo.be)<br>- Genotype: the fieldname given to the genotype<br>- Origin: the location where the genotype was collected in Flanders, Belgium. Genotypes were collected from natural stands which are assumed to have an autochthonous origin. When the specific location is unknown, the location &lsquo;Flanders&rsquo; is given.&nbsp;<br>- Year_sampled: the year in which the genotypes were sampled in the respective seed orchard for genetic analysis.</p> <h3>Species_binsets</h3> <p>These files contain the binsets and allele names that are used to score the alleles of the genotypes in the programme Geneious Prime 2019.3.2 (<a href="https://www.geneious.com">https://www.geneious.com</a>). For <em>Tilia platyphyllos </em>and <em>Tilia cordata</em>, the same binsets were used.</p>

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Soil and meteorological data, and finite element simulation framework for heat transfer through shrubs in winter near Lautaret pass, French Alps

<p>The data allow the calculation using finite element modeling of heat transfer through shrub branches and snow between the atmosphere and the soil. The shrubs are green alders (Alnus viridis). The site where they are found is called Alnus-Nivus (45.034750&deg;N, 6.413630&deg;E, 2034 m asl) near Col du Lautaret, French Alps. The soil data consist in temperature and volumetric liquid water content at 5 and 15 cm depths. One spot is near the alder collar (ALNUS), the other spot is 6 m away, under grass (GRASS).</p> <p>The meteorological data were&nbsp;obtained from the FR-Clt station, 750 m away (45.041278&deg;N, 6.410611&deg;E, 2046 m asl). See (Gupta et al., 2023) for details. Only the data relevant for heat transfer simulations are given.</p> <p>The simulation framework gives the alder mesh used in the heat transfer simulations. Typical simulations use a wood thermal conductivity of 1 W m<sup>-1</sup> K<sup>-1</sup> and a snow thermal conductivity of 0.1 W m<sup>-1</sup> K<sup>-1</sup>. Based on observations, the snow height at Alnus-Nivus is likely to be at least twice the value at FR-Clt. &nbsp;Forcing uses the snow surface temperature, derived from upwelling longwave radiation using an emissivity of 1. &nbsp;The data allow testing thermal&nbsp;bridging through shrub branches. These data are used in a publication in preparation: Domine, Fourteau, Choler, Exploration of Thermal Bridging Through Shrub Branches in Alpine Snow.</p> <p>Reference</p> <p>Gupta, A., Reverdy, A., Cohard, J. M., Hector, B., Descloitres, M., Vandervaere, J. P., Coulaud, C., Biron, R., Liger, L., Maxwell, R., Valay, J. G., and Voisin, D.: Impact of distributed meteorological forcing on simulated snow cover and hydrological fluxes over a mid-elevation alpine micro-scale catchment, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 27, 191-212, 2023.</p>

opencc-by-4.0Jun 2023View details →
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Bonanza Creek LTER: Shrub, Seedling and Sapling Density from 1975 to Present in the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest near Fairbanks, Alaska (Reformatted to a Darwin Core Archive)

This data package is formatted as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A, event core). For more information on Darwin Core see https://www.tdwg.org/standards/dwc/. This Level 2 data package was derived from the Level 1 data package found here: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/320/2, which was derived from the Level 0 data package found here: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-bnz/530/11. The abstract below was extracted from the Level 0 data package and is included for context: This study is a survey of the density of tall shrubs, saplings, and seedlings at Bonanza Creek LTER Control Plots. Densities have been measured at some sites since 1975 while others began in the mid 1980's. In 2006 methodology was changed in attempt to better capture the spatial variability of shrub and tree species within the research sites. The current method, presented here, uses a 2 meter wide transect along two site boundaries covering 220m2. All seedlings, saplings, and tall shrubs >1m (regardless of species) are counted by species and size class along the transect. The previous method used 4m2 circular plots at 20 points on a 10mx10m grid within the control plot for an area of 80m2. The circular method measured all seedlings, saplings, and a certain set of "tall shrubs", regardless of height. The height requirement creates an issue when comparing the old and new methods for early successional stands. For Alnus and Salix this is likely only a problem in the FP0 sites as they are the only sites with a high density of shrubs shorter than 1m. Shrub community changes at these early successional sites should be analyzed using percent cover data. At the later successional sites most Alnus and Salix shrubs are greater than 1m so the transect method likely does not underrepresent density. The metadata and raw data from the circular method can be found in <a href="http://www.lter.uaf.edu/data/data-detail/id/175"> Vegetation Plots of the Bonanza Creek LTER Control Plo

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Soil biogeochemical variables collected on the Arctic LTER experimental plots in moist acidic, moist non-acidic, wet shrub and shrub tundra, Arctic LTER Toolik Field Station, Alaska 2015

We investigated the effect of long-term warming on multiple soil and microbial carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus pools, and microbial extracellular enzyme activities, with a particular focus on phosphorus, in Alaskan tundra plots underlain by permafrost

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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.

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Fire Self-Limitation (FiSL) Experiment: Quantifying Wildfire Carbon Combustion Losses in boreal Deciduous and Mixed Forests in Interior Alaska and the Boreal Cordillera III: Shrub Inventory Data

This dataset contains shrub combustion measurements collected in the field for plots in 8 fire scars in Interior Alaska and the Yukon. Data was collected in the summer of 2022. Fire scars sampled included Shovel Creek (2019), Aggie Creek (2015), Hess Creek (2019), Baker (2015), Munson Creek (2021), Isom Creek (2020), 2019MA014 (2019), and 2019BC005 (2019). Shrub species, stem diameters (BD), and component combustion were recorded for every shrub in each 10 m * 2 m plot.

openOpenOct 2025View details →
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High resolution shrub cover raster maps of the Jornada Basin LTER, including JER and CDRRC (2011)

This data package contains two raster shrub cover maps of the Jornada Experimental Range (JER) and Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center (CDRRC) in southern New Mexico, USA. The maps are derived from 1m resolution National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial photos acquired in 2011. A one-meter resolution raster file lists cover as non-shrub or non-shrub. A hectare resolution raster file contains fractional shrub cover values (0-1) calculated from the one-meter raster.

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Gridded 1-hectare estimates of shrub community structure at the Jornada Basin LTER site derived from NAIP (2011) and LiDAR (2019) data

This dataset contains four raster maps of shrub community structure at the Jornada Basin LTER site in southern New Mexico U.S.A. These shrub structure estimates were created by combining an existing categorical shrub map (Ji et al. 2019) with USGS LiDAR shrub height estimates from 2019. The resulting raster dataset includes four bands of spatially aligned shrub volume, cover, height, and density estimates at one hectare resolution. Data are also included in tabular format, extracted from the 1 hectare grid upon which estimates were created. These shrub structure estimates are intended to facilitate analyses of habitat structure and community dynamics within the northern Chihuahuan Desert.

openCC0Dec 2023View details →

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