White spruce demography and herbivory by snowshoe hares measured at latitudinal treeline in the Brooks Range, AK II - Sub Plot Data
Treelines in Alaska are advancing in elevation and latitude because of climate warming, which is expanding the habitat available for boreal wildlife species, including snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus). Snowshoe hares are already present in tall shrub communities beyond treeline and are the main bro...
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ftdatacite:10.6073/pasta/7899f0f43437f61ffe80e7d96d8090cf 2023-05-15T15:46:57+02:00 White spruce demography and herbivory by snowshoe hares measured at latitudinal treeline in the Brooks Range, AK II - Sub Plot Data Olnes, Justin R Bonanza Creek LTER 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/7899f0f43437f61ffe80e7d96d8090cf https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.698.2 en eng Environmental Data Initiative dataset Dataset dataPackage 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/7899f0f43437f61ffe80e7d96d8090cf 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Treelines in Alaska are advancing in elevation and latitude because of climate warming, which is expanding the habitat available for boreal wildlife species, including snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus). Snowshoe hares are already present in tall shrub communities beyond treeline and are the main browser of white spruce (Picea glauca), the dominant tree species at treeline in Alaska. We investigated the processes involved in a 'snowshoe hare filter' to white spruce establishment near latitudinal treeline in the Brooks Range, Alaska. We hypothesized that surrounding vegetation would influence the likelihood of spruce being browsed by hares. Therefore, at each plot we estimated ramet density for all associated woody vegetation using one square-meter subplots. Within these subplots we also counted the total number of hare fecal pellets found on the ground. Dataset Brooks Range Alaska DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Treelines in Alaska are advancing in elevation and latitude because of climate warming, which is expanding the habitat available for boreal wildlife species, including snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus). Snowshoe hares are already present in tall shrub communities beyond treeline and are the main browser of white spruce (Picea glauca), the dominant tree species at treeline in Alaska. We investigated the processes involved in a 'snowshoe hare filter' to white spruce establishment near latitudinal treeline in the Brooks Range, Alaska. We hypothesized that surrounding vegetation would influence the likelihood of spruce being browsed by hares. Therefore, at each plot we estimated ramet density for all associated woody vegetation using one square-meter subplots. Within these subplots we also counted the total number of hare fecal pellets found on the ground. |
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Olnes, Justin R Bonanza Creek LTER White spruce demography and herbivory by snowshoe hares measured at latitudinal treeline in the Brooks Range, AK II - Sub Plot Data |
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Olnes, Justin R Bonanza Creek LTER |
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White spruce demography and herbivory by snowshoe hares measured at latitudinal treeline in the Brooks Range, AK II - Sub Plot Data |
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White spruce demography and herbivory by snowshoe hares measured at latitudinal treeline in the Brooks Range, AK II - Sub Plot Data |
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White spruce demography and herbivory by snowshoe hares measured at latitudinal treeline in the Brooks Range, AK II - Sub Plot Data |
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White spruce demography and herbivory by snowshoe hares measured at latitudinal treeline in the Brooks Range, AK II - Sub Plot Data |
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White spruce demography and herbivory by snowshoe hares measured at latitudinal treeline in the Brooks Range, AK II - Sub Plot Data |
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white spruce demography and herbivory by snowshoe hares measured at latitudinal treeline in the brooks range, ak ii - sub plot data |
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Environmental Data Initiative |
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2018 |
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https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/7899f0f43437f61ffe80e7d96d8090cf https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.698.2 |
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Brooks Range Alaska |
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Brooks Range Alaska |
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