Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Classification
Aims: An Arctic Vegetation Classification (AVC) is needed to address issues related to rapid Arctic-wide changes to climate, land-use, and biodiversity. Location: The 7.1 million km2 Arctic tundra biome. Approach and conclusions: The purpose, scope and conceptual framework for an Arctic Vegetation A...
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ftunivquebectr:oai:depot-e.uqtr.ca:11080 2024-02-04T09:56:51+01:00 Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Classification Walker, D. A. Daniëls, F. J. A. Matveyeva, N. V. Šibík, J. Walker, M. D. Breen, A. L. Druckenmiller, L. A. Raynolds, M. K. Bültmann, H. Hennekens, S. Buchhorn, M. Epstein, H. E. Ermokhina, K. Fosaa, A. M. Heidmarsson, S. Heim, B. Jónsdóttir, I. S. Koroleva, N. Lévesque, E. MacKenzie, W. H. Henry, G. H. R. Nilsen, L. Peet, R. Razzhivin, V. Talbot, S. S. Telyatnikov, M. Thannheiser, D. Webber, P. J. Wirth, L. M. 2018 application/pdf https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/11080/ https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/11080/1/LEVESQUE_E_208_ED.pdf https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2017/0192 en eng https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/11080/1/LEVESQUE_E_208_ED.pdf Walker, D. A., Daniëls, F. J. A., Matveyeva, N. V., Šibík, J., Walker, M. D., Breen, A. L., Druckenmiller, L. A., Raynolds, M. K., Bültmann, H., Hennekens, S., Buchhorn, M., Epstein, H. E., Ermokhina, K., Fosaa, A. M., Heidmarsson, S., Heim, B., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Koroleva, N., Lévesque, E., MacKenzie, W. H., Henry, G. H. R., Nilsen, L., Peet, R., Razzhivin, V., Talbot, S. S., Telyatnikov, M., Thannheiser, D., Webber, P. J. et Wirth, L. M. (2018). Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Classification. Phytocoenologia, 48 (2). pp. 181-201. ISSN 0340-269X DOI 10.1127/phyto/2017/0192 <https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto%2F2017%2F0192> doi:10.1127/phyto/2017/0192 cc_by_nc Alaska Bioclimate gradient Braun-Blanquet approach Habitat type Plant growth form Plot database Syntaxon Tundra Vegetation mapping Bioclimatology Biodiversity Biome Climate change Database Land use change Syntaxonomy Vegetation classification Arctic Canada United States Dryas octopetala Article 2018 ftunivquebectr https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2017/0192 2024-01-07T00:10:25Z Aims: An Arctic Vegetation Classification (AVC) is needed to address issues related to rapid Arctic-wide changes to climate, land-use, and biodiversity. Location: The 7.1 million km2 Arctic tundra biome. Approach and conclusions: The purpose, scope and conceptual framework for an Arctic Vegetation Archive (AVA) and Classification (AVC) were developed during numerous workshops starting in 1992. The AVA and AVC are modeled after the European vegetation archive (EVA) and classification (EVC). The AVA will use Turboveg for data management. The AVC will use a Braun-Blanquet (Br.-Bl.) classification approach. There are approximately 31,000 Arctic plots that could be included in the AVA. An Alaska AVA (AVA-AK, 24 datasets, 3026 plots) is a prototype for archives in other parts of the Arctic. The plan is to eventually merge data from other regions of the Arctic into a single Turboveg v3 database. We present the pros and cons of using the Br.-Bl. classification approach compared to the EcoVeg (US) and Biogeoclimatic Ecological Classification (Canada) approaches. The main advantages are that the Br.-Bl. approach already has been widely used in all regions of the Arctic, and many described, well-accepted vegetation classes have a pan-Arctic distribution. A crosswalk comparison of Dryas octopetala communities described according to the EcoVeg and the Braun-Blanquet approaches indicates that the non-parallel hierarchies of the two approaches make crosswalks difficult above the plantcommunity level. A preliminary Arctic prodromus contains a list of typical Arctic habitat types with associated described syntaxa from Europe, Greenland, western North America, and Alaska. Numerical clustering methods are used to provide an overview of the variability of habitat types across the range of datasets and to determine their relationship to previously described Braun-Blanquet syntaxa. We emphasize the need for continued maintenance of the Pan-Arctic Species List, and additional plot data to fully sample the variability across ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change Dryas octopetala Greenland Tundra Alaska Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières: Dépôt numérique de UQTR Arctic Canada Greenland Phytocoenologia 48 2 181 201 |
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Alaska Bioclimate gradient Braun-Blanquet approach Habitat type Plant growth form Plot database Syntaxon Tundra Vegetation mapping Bioclimatology Biodiversity Biome Climate change Database Land use change Syntaxonomy Vegetation classification Arctic Canada United States Dryas octopetala Walker, D. A. Daniëls, F. J. A. Matveyeva, N. V. Šibík, J. Walker, M. D. Breen, A. L. Druckenmiller, L. A. Raynolds, M. K. Bültmann, H. Hennekens, S. Buchhorn, M. Epstein, H. E. Ermokhina, K. Fosaa, A. M. Heidmarsson, S. Heim, B. Jónsdóttir, I. S. Koroleva, N. Lévesque, E. MacKenzie, W. H. Henry, G. H. R. Nilsen, L. Peet, R. Razzhivin, V. Talbot, S. S. Telyatnikov, M. Thannheiser, D. Webber, P. J. Wirth, L. M. Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Classification |
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Aims: An Arctic Vegetation Classification (AVC) is needed to address issues related to rapid Arctic-wide changes to climate, land-use, and biodiversity. Location: The 7.1 million km2 Arctic tundra biome. Approach and conclusions: The purpose, scope and conceptual framework for an Arctic Vegetation Archive (AVA) and Classification (AVC) were developed during numerous workshops starting in 1992. The AVA and AVC are modeled after the European vegetation archive (EVA) and classification (EVC). The AVA will use Turboveg for data management. The AVC will use a Braun-Blanquet (Br.-Bl.) classification approach. There are approximately 31,000 Arctic plots that could be included in the AVA. An Alaska AVA (AVA-AK, 24 datasets, 3026 plots) is a prototype for archives in other parts of the Arctic. The plan is to eventually merge data from other regions of the Arctic into a single Turboveg v3 database. We present the pros and cons of using the Br.-Bl. classification approach compared to the EcoVeg (US) and Biogeoclimatic Ecological Classification (Canada) approaches. The main advantages are that the Br.-Bl. approach already has been widely used in all regions of the Arctic, and many described, well-accepted vegetation classes have a pan-Arctic distribution. A crosswalk comparison of Dryas octopetala communities described according to the EcoVeg and the Braun-Blanquet approaches indicates that the non-parallel hierarchies of the two approaches make crosswalks difficult above the plantcommunity level. A preliminary Arctic prodromus contains a list of typical Arctic habitat types with associated described syntaxa from Europe, Greenland, western North America, and Alaska. Numerical clustering methods are used to provide an overview of the variability of habitat types across the range of datasets and to determine their relationship to previously described Braun-Blanquet syntaxa. We emphasize the need for continued maintenance of the Pan-Arctic Species List, and additional plot data to fully sample the variability across ... |
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Walker, D. A. Daniëls, F. J. A. Matveyeva, N. V. Šibík, J. Walker, M. D. Breen, A. L. Druckenmiller, L. A. Raynolds, M. K. Bültmann, H. Hennekens, S. Buchhorn, M. Epstein, H. E. Ermokhina, K. Fosaa, A. M. Heidmarsson, S. Heim, B. Jónsdóttir, I. S. Koroleva, N. Lévesque, E. MacKenzie, W. H. Henry, G. H. R. Nilsen, L. Peet, R. Razzhivin, V. Talbot, S. S. Telyatnikov, M. Thannheiser, D. Webber, P. J. Wirth, L. M. |
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Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Classification |
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Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Classification |
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Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Classification |
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Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Classification |
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