Aggregated moss layer projective vegetation cover at 56 sites in Central and Eastern Yakutia, in Summer 2021 (RU-Land_2021_Yakutia) ...

• Main Authors: Schild, Laura, Kruse, Stefan, Heim, Birgit, Stieg, Amelie, von Hippel, Barbara, Gloy, Josias, Smirnikov, Viktor, Töpfer, Nils, Troeva, Elena I, Pestryakova, Luidmila A, Herzschuh, Ulrike
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: above-ground biomass; Biomass; boreal forest; Central Yakutia; Field observation; Russia; Sakha Republic; Siberia; understory vegetation; vegetation survey; Yakutia; Event label; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; DATE/TIME; ELEVATION; Lichen, cover; Litter and deadwood, cover; Moss, cover; Vegetation survey; RU-Land_2021_Yakutia; AWI Arctic Land Expedition; Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems @ AWI AWI_Envi; Arctic; Deadwood; Sakha; Verkhoyansk; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.955781; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.955781

Aggregated moss layer projective vegetation cover is given in percent for each taxon for 57 sites. The cover of different vegetation types at the sites is given in percent as well.The vegetation surveys were carried out in four different study areas in the Sakha Republic, Russia: in the mountainous region of the Verkhoyansk Range within the Oymyakonsky and Tomponsky District (Event EN21-201 - EN21-219), and in three lowland regions of Central Yakutia within the Churapchinsky, Tattinsky and the Megino-Kangalassky District (Event EN21220 - EN21264). The study area is located within the boreal forest biome that is underlain by permafrost soils. The aim was to record the projective ground vegetation in different boreal forest types studied during the RU-Land_2021_Yakutia summer field campaign in August and September 2021.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, ...