Soil and plant variables collected at brown lemming structure sites near Utqaigvik, Alaska, summer 2021

• Main Authors: Austin Roy, Jennie McLaren
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2023
• Subjects: Herbivory; Tundra; Biogeochemistry; Rodent; Soil; Plants; Terrestrial; Plantae, Poales, Cyperaceae, Carex aquatilis; Plantae, Poales, Cyperaceae, Eriophorum angustifolium; Plantae, Poales, Cyperaceae, Eriophorum russoelum; Plantae, Poales, Cyperaceae, Luzula arctica; Plantae, Poales, Cyperaceae, Luzula confusa; Plantae, Poales, Poaceae, Arctagrostis latifolia; Plantae, Poales, Poaceae, Poa arctica; Plantae, Malpighiales, Salicaceae, Salix pulchra; Plantae, Malpighiales, Salicaceae, Salix rotundifolia; Plantae, Asterales, Asteraceae, Petasites frigidus; Plantae, Caryophyllales, Caryophyllaceae, Stellaria laeta; Plantae, Rosales, Rosaceae, Potentilla hyparctica; Plantae, Saxifragales, Saxifragaceae, Saxifraga hieracifolia; Plantae, Saxifragales, Saxifragaceae, Saxifraga cernua; Plantae, Saxifragales, Saxifragaceae, Saxifraga foliolosa; Plantae, Saxifragales, Saxifragaceae, Saxifraga punctata; Plantae, Poales, Poaceae, Dupontia fisheri; Plantae, Poales, Poaceae, Alopecurus alpinus; Plantae, Poales, Cyperaceae, Eriophorum vaginatum; Plantae, Caryophyllales, Polygonaceae, Oxyria digyna; Rosales; Arctagrostis latifolia; Carex aquatilis; Dupontia fisheri; Luzula arctica; Luzula confusa; Potentilla hyparctica; Saxifraga cernua; Saxifraga hieracifolia; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2GX44W4K

This data describes above-ground and below-ground variables collected under small mammal-built structures and control sites from two tundra locations in polygonal tundra near Utqiagvik, Alaska, USA. Small mammal structures sampled included hay piles (winter nests), runways, latrines, and burrow entrances. Above-ground data collected include relative percent cover, litter depth, and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. Below-ground data collected include inorganic soil nutrients, total extractable soil nutrients, microbial biomass nutrients, microbial exo-enzyme activities, soil pH, soil conductivity, soil temperature, and soil respiration.