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Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah; Ewald, Peter (2023): Aggregated moss layer projective vegetation cover at 32 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959407

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Abstract:
Vegetation surveys were carried out in Northwest Territories, Yukon and British Columbia in Canada. The study area is within the boreal forest biome and is partially underlain by permafrost soils. The aim was to record the projective ground vegetation in different boreal forest types studied during the CA-Land_2022_NWCanada field campaign in July and August 2022. The ground vegetation projective cover in percent was assessed within a circular forest plot of 15m radius. Depending on the heterogeneity of the forest plot, multiple vegetation types (VA, VB, or VC) were surveyed separately. The assignment of a vegetation type is always unique to a site. Up to four quadrats of 2x2 m were surveyed per vegetation type and projective cover in percent recorded separately for herbaceous and moss layers. Additionally, ground vegetation projective cover was surveyed in 4 rings of 50 cm width around the center of the circular forest plot. Average projective cover per plot was calculated by using an average weighted by vegetation types for each site. The ring survey data was not included in the plot average. In total 32 forest plots were investigated. All data were collected by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Germany, and the University of Potsdam Germany.
Keyword(s):
boreal forest; Field observation; ground vegetation; Permafrost; Vegetation; vegetation survey
Related to:
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah; Ewald, Peter (2023): Aggregated herbaceous layer projective vegetation cover at 32 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959408
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah; Ewald, Peter (2023): Projective cover of ground vegetation types at 32 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959413
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah; Ewald, Peter (2023): Raw herbaceous layer projective vegetation cover at 32 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959412
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah; Ewald, Peter (2023): Raw moss layer projective cover at 32 sites in Northwester Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959411
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Schildt, Katharina; Ewald, Peter; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah (2023): Aggregated ground vegetation above-ground biomass at 31 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959405
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Schildt, Katharina; Ewald, Peter; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah (2023): Raw plot-wise ground vegetation above-ground biomass at 31 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959406
References:
Li, Linyuan; Mu, Xihan; Jiang, Hailan; Chianucci, Francesco; Hu, Ronghai; Song, Wanjuan; Qi, Jianbo; Liu, Shouyang; Zhou, Jiaxin; Chen, Ling; Huang, Huaguo; Yan, Guangjian (2023): Review of ground and aerial methods for vegetation cover fraction (fCover) and related quantities estimation: definitions, advances, challenges, and future perspectives. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 199, 133-156, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.03.020
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 64.817589 * Median Longitude: -133.823656 * South-bound Latitude: 58.750380 * West-bound Longitude: -138.452030 * North-bound Latitude: 68.879650 * East-bound Longitude: -121.832340
Date/Time Start: 2022-07-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-08-12T00:00:00
Minimum ELEVATION: 14 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: 1103 m a.s.l.
Event(s):
EN22002 * Latitude: 60.810410 * Longitude: -135.368910 * Date/Time: 2022-07-15T00:00:00 * Elevation: 774.0 m * Location: Northwest Territories, Canada * Campaign: CA-Land_2022_NWCanada (Forest Change Northwest Canada) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Vegetation survey (VEGSUR)
EN22003 * Latitude: 60.440120 * Longitude: -133.555340 * Date/Time: 2022-07-16T00:00:00 * Elevation: 822.0 m * Location: Yukon, Canada * Campaign: CA-Land_2022_NWCanada (Forest Change Northwest Canada) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Vegetation survey (VEGSUR)
EN22004 * Latitude: 60.447860 * Longitude: -133.562150 * Date/Time: 2022-07-16T00:00:00 * Elevation: 783.0 m * Location: Northwest Territories, Canada * Campaign: CA-Land_2022_NWCanada (Forest Change Northwest Canada) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Vegetation survey (VEGSUR)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEventSchild, Laura
2DATE/TIMEDate/TimeSchild, LauraGeocode
3ELEVATIONElevationm a.s.l.Schild, LauraGeocode
4LONGITUDELongitudeSchild, LauraGeocode
5LATITUDELatitudeSchild, LauraGeocode
6Burnt vegetation, coverBurnt veg cov%Schild, LauraVisual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023
7Deadwood, coverDeadwood cov%Schild, LauraVisual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023
8Lichen, coverLichen cov%Schild, LauraVisual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023
9Litter, coverLit cov%Schild, LauraVisual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023
10Litter and deadwood, coverLichen+deadwood cov%Schild, LauraVisual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023
11Moss, coverMoss cov%Schild, LauraVisual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023
12Stones, coverStones cov%Schild, LauraVisual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
224 data points

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