Percent cover of tundra plant species at twelve repeat-monitoring plots (1999-2017) on Qikiqtaruk-Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada

• Main Authors: Myers-Smith, Isla, Thomas, Haydn, Daskalova, Gergana
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation 2019
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOSYSTEMS","TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS","ALPINE/TUNDRA"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","VEGETATION","VEGETATION COVER"; Tundra; vegetation; repeat monitoring; climate change; Yukon; Canada; Herschel Island; Herschel
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/a707cb0b-2f56-49f4-96d4-e9f5c04dd657; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01091

This dataset contains the percentage cover of plant species, bare ground and litter from twelve 1x1m vegetation monitoring plots. Plots are from two distinct vegetation communities (Herschel, Komakuk) approximately 500m apart. Plots were established in 1999 and monitored in 2004, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2...