A Standardized Ecosystem Classification for the Coordination and Design of Long-term Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring in Arctic-Subarctic Biomes

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: McLennan, Donald S., MacKenzie, William H., Meidinger, Del, Wagner, Johann, Arko, Christopher
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2018
• Subjects: tundra; terrestrial ecosystem classification; terrestrial ecosystem mapping; vegetation classification; tundra plant community; monitoring; Arctic vegetation; Subarctic vegetation; plant association; zonal concept; ecological site; biogeoclimatic; hypothe; toundra; classification de l’écosystème terrestre; cartographie des écosystèmes terrestres; classification végétale; communauté des plantes de la toundra; surveillance; végétation arctique; végétation subarctique; association végétale; concept zonal; site; Arctic; British Columbia; Cambridge Bay; Canada; Yukon; Arctique*; Subarctic; subarctique*; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67659

A Canadian Arctic-Subarctic Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (CASBEC) is proposed as a standardized classification approach for Subarctic and Arctic terrestrial ecosystems across Canada and potentially throughout the circumpolar area. The CASBEC is grounded in long-standing terrestrial ecosys...