ABoVE: Environmental Conditions During Fall Moose Hunting Seasons, Alaska, 2000-2016 : Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE)

• Main Authors: Brown, D.R.N., Hasbrouck, T., Brinkman, T.J., Stout, G., Kielland, K., Trochim, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center 2020
• Subjects: CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS > PHENOLOGICAL CHANGES; HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HUMAN SETTLEMENTS > RURAL AREAS; BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION INDEX > NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX NDVI; AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL COMMODITIES; AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL SCIENCE > ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR; ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > LEAF CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > EVEN-TOED UNGULATES; TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS > WATER DEPTH; GROUND STATIONS > WATER LEVEL GAUGES; Aqua > MODIS; Terra > MODIS; METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS > THERMOMETERS; food sources; remote communities; rural communities; moose hunters; moose behavior; sightability; moose harvesting; subsistence resources; leaf drop; water level; temperature; Arctic; Huslia; Alces alces; Moose; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/1739; https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=1739

This dataset provides daily and annual air temperature, river water level, and leaf drop dates coincident with the moose (Alces alces) hunting season (September) for the area surrounding the rural communities of Nulato, Koyukuk, Kaltag, Galena, Ruby, Huslia, and Hughes in interior Alaska, USA, over the period 2000-2016. The main objective of the study was to assess how the environmental conditions impacted the success of hunters who rely on moose as a subsistence resource.