• Main Authors: Meghan Taylor, Edward A.G. Schuur, Marguerite Mauritz, Elaine F. Pegoraro, Verity G. Salmon, Susan M.N. Natali, Bonanza Creek LTER
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2019
• Subjects: biomass; warming; permafrost; tundra; snowfences; open top chamber; plants; pointframe; drying; active layer; thaw depth; plant communities; thaw; ecocomDP; communities; community composition; community dynamics; community patterns; species composition; species diversity; species richness; alaska range; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/275/3

This data package is formatted according to the "ecocomDP", a data package design pattern for ecological community surveys, and data from studies of composition and biodiversity. For more information on the ecocomDP project see https://github.com/EDIorg/ecocomDP/tree/master, or contact EDI https://environmentaldatainitiative.org. This Level 1 data package was derived from the Level 0 data package found here: https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?scope=knb-lter-bnz&identifier=501&revision=17 The abstract below was extracted from the Level 0 data package and is included for context: The Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR) project addresses the following questions: 1) Does ecosystem warming cause a net release of C from the ecosystem to the atmosphere?, 2) Does the decomposition of old C that comprises the bulk of the soil C pool influence ecosystem C loss?, and 3) How do winter and summer warming alone, and in combination, affect ecosystem C exchange? We are answering these questions using a combination of field and laboratory experiments to measure ecosystem carbon balance and radiocarbon isotope ratios at a warming experiment located in an upland tundra field site near Healy, Alaska in the foothills of the Alaska Range. This data set includes aboveground plant biomass from winter warming, summer warming, and control treatment plots at CiPEHR.