Circumpolar Arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data
Satellite-derived remote-sensing products are providing a modern circumpolar perspective of Arctic vegetation and its changes, but this new view is dependent on a long heritage of ground-based observations in the Arctic. Several products of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna are key to our c...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b3408263360b46d7ba720151e730bb6c 2023-09-05T13:16:01+02:00 Circumpolar Arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data D A Walker F J A Daniëls I Alsos U S Bhatt A L Breen M Buchhorn H Bültmann L A Druckenmiller M E Edwards D Ehrich H E Epstein W A Gould R A Ims H Meltofte M K Raynolds J Sibik S S Talbot P J Webber 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/5/055005 https://doaj.org/article/b3408263360b46d7ba720151e730bb6c EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/5/055005 https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/5/055005 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/b3408263360b46d7ba720151e730bb6c Environmental Research Letters, Vol 11, Iss 5, p 055005 (2016) climate change remote sensing vegetation classification Arctic biodiversity circumpolar Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/5/055005 2023-08-13T00:37:50Z Satellite-derived remote-sensing products are providing a modern circumpolar perspective of Arctic vegetation and its changes, but this new view is dependent on a long heritage of ground-based observations in the Arctic. Several products of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna are key to our current understanding. We review aspects of the PanArctic Flora, the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map, the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment, and the Arctic Vegetation Archive (AVA) as they relate to efforts to describe and map the vegetation, plant biomass, and biodiversity of the Arctic at circumpolar, regional, landscape and plot scales. Cornerstones for all these tools are ground-based plant-species and plant-community surveys. The AVA is in progress and will store plot-based vegetation observations in a public-accessible database for vegetation classification, modeling, diversity studies, and other applications. We present the current status of the Alaska Arctic Vegetation Archive (AVA-AK), as a regional example for the panarctic archive, and with a roadmap for a coordinated international approach to survey, archive and classify Arctic vegetation. We note the need for more consistent standards of plot-based observations, and make several recommendations to improve the linkage between plot-based observations biodiversity studies and satellite-based observations of Arctic vegetation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic biodiversity Arctic Climate change Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Tundra Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Environmental Research Letters 11 5 055005 |
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Satellite-derived remote-sensing products are providing a modern circumpolar perspective of Arctic vegetation and its changes, but this new view is dependent on a long heritage of ground-based observations in the Arctic. Several products of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna are key to our current understanding. We review aspects of the PanArctic Flora, the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map, the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment, and the Arctic Vegetation Archive (AVA) as they relate to efforts to describe and map the vegetation, plant biomass, and biodiversity of the Arctic at circumpolar, regional, landscape and plot scales. Cornerstones for all these tools are ground-based plant-species and plant-community surveys. The AVA is in progress and will store plot-based vegetation observations in a public-accessible database for vegetation classification, modeling, diversity studies, and other applications. We present the current status of the Alaska Arctic Vegetation Archive (AVA-AK), as a regional example for the panarctic archive, and with a roadmap for a coordinated international approach to survey, archive and classify Arctic vegetation. We note the need for more consistent standards of plot-based observations, and make several recommendations to improve the linkage between plot-based observations biodiversity studies and satellite-based observations of Arctic vegetation. |
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D A Walker F J A Daniëls I Alsos U S Bhatt A L Breen M Buchhorn H Bültmann L A Druckenmiller M E Edwards D Ehrich H E Epstein W A Gould R A Ims H Meltofte M K Raynolds J Sibik S S Talbot P J Webber |
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D A Walker F J A Daniëls I Alsos U S Bhatt A L Breen M Buchhorn H Bültmann L A Druckenmiller M E Edwards D Ehrich H E Epstein W A Gould R A Ims H Meltofte M K Raynolds J Sibik S S Talbot P J Webber |
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Circumpolar Arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data |
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Circumpolar Arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data |
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Circumpolar Arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data |
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Circumpolar Arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data |
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Circumpolar Arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data |
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circumpolar arctic vegetation: a hierarchic review and roadmap toward an internationally consistent approach to survey, archive and classify tundra plot data |
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