Point-count cover of Carex ramenskii and Salix ovalifolia under warmed and grazed conditions. Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, 2015-2016

• Main Authors: Carlson, Lindsay, Beard, Karen
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2017
• Subjects: herbivory; warming; neighbor removal; response surface; shrub expansion; Anchorage; Yukon; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2c53f216; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2C53F216

This dataset contains cover change data on a sedge and a shrub species in coastal region of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta. Cover was measured as part of a factorial warming and herbivory experiment with a response surface vegetation removal design. These data were collected as a complementary study to an NSF funded project (PI: Beard) to determine the effects of a phenological mismatch between goose grazing and the initiation of the growing season. The study is a collaboration of researchers at University of Alaska Anchorage and Utah State University. The goal of this complementary project was to determine the effects of warming on a brackish moist meadow vegetation community, determine whether goose herbivory can mediate community shifts caused by warming, and quantify the importance of direct versus indirect effects of warming.