Eight Mile Lake Research Watershed, Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR): Phenology of Dominant Plant Species I - Bud burst and Senescence 2013-2020

• Main Authors: Kadej, Stephanie, Rodenhizer, Heidi G, Mauritz, Marguerite, Taylor, Meghan A., Ledman, Justin, Natali, Susan M.N., Schuur, Edward A.G., Bonanza Creek LTER
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2021
• Subjects: alaska range; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/4621881fcdefa2f33767056cc72c7763; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.570.16

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. In this dataset we specifically ask, how does warming of soil and air impact the phenology of dominant plant species? Phenological data was collected to determine the timing of first bud break, onset and completion of senescence, and reproductive effort (flower and berry production).