Plant phenology of species in dry heath tundra around Toolik Field Station, Alaska, 2011-2017

• Main Authors: Seth Beaudreault, Juliette Funck, Anja Kade, Adeline Murthy, Aart Nugteren, Robin Rauch, Brie Van Dam, Rowan McPherson
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: Toolik Field Station; Arctic; Arctic plants; phenology; Arctic phenology; Alaska; dry heath tundra; Arctostaphylos alpina; Betula nana; Diapensia lapponica; Empetrum nigrum; Ledum palustre spp. decumbens; Loiseleuria procumbens; Vaccinium uliginosum; Vaccinium vitis-idaea; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2KK94B96

The Toolik Field Station (TFS) plant phenology program monitors the timing of specific phenological developmental stages of plant species commonly found in the dry heath tundra plant community. The TFS phenology program began in response to TFS research community requests to collect baseline environmental data that would be broadly applicable and provide context to research projects conducted near TFS. The TFS plant phenology data collection protocol is based on the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) (www.geog.ubc.ca/itex) protocol for the Toolik Snowfence Experiment. This dry heath tundra dataset began in 2011 and continues through 2017.