Full Record - Number of flowering tundra plant species at eight monitoring plots (2017) on Qikiqtaruk-Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada

Number of flowering tundra plant species at eight monitoring plots (2017) on Qikiqtaruk-Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada

GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01087

Abstract:
This dataset contains records of the number of open flowers per plant species in each 2x2m plot on different survey dates. Plots are from two distinct vegetation communities (Herschel, Komakuk, coded in the data as HER and KOM). Plots were monitored in 2017.

Funding was provided by the NERC grant NE/M016323/1.

Citation:
Myers-Smith, I., & Daskalova, G. (2019). Number of flowering tundra plant species at eight monitoring plots (2017) on Qikiqtaruk-Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/90d09062-2f50-4742-b4da-41b92d88fbe6

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Use:	This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree with the NERC data policy (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy.asp), and the following conditions: Please contact authors before publishing the data. Please use the following acknowledgements when using/publishing the data: "We thank the Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Isla Myers-Smith, Cameron Eckert, Richard Gordon, Catherine Kennedy, Dorothy Cooley, and Dr. Jill F. Johnstone for establishing and maintaining the phenology and composition data from Qikiqtaruk. We thank Haydn J.D. Thomas, Meagan M. Grabowski, Sandra Angers-Blondin, Gergana N. Daskalova, Jakob J. Assmann for assisting with the collection and compilation of the data. We thank rangers including Edward McLeod, Samuel McLeod, Ricky Joe, Paden Lennie, Deon Arey, LeeJohn Meyook, Jordan McLeod, Pierre Foisy, Colin Gordon, Jeremy Hansen, Albert Rufus and field assistants including Santeri Lehtonen, William Palmer, Louise Beveridge, Clara Flintrop, John Godlee, Eleanor Walker, Joseph Boyle, Catherine Henry and Anika Trimble. Funding for data collection was provided by Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park and the UK Natural Environment Research Council ShrubTundra Grant (NE/M016323/1). We thank the Inuvialuit People for the opportunity to collect these data on their traditional lands."

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No restrictions apply.

Use:

This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree with the NERC data policy (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy.asp), and the following conditions:

Please contact authors before publishing the data. Please use the following acknowledgements when using/publishing the data: "We thank the Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Isla Myers-Smith, Cameron Eckert, Richard Gordon, Catherine Kennedy, Dorothy Cooley, and Dr. Jill F. Johnstone for establishing and maintaining the phenology and composition data from Qikiqtaruk. We thank Haydn J.D. Thomas, Meagan M. Grabowski, Sandra Angers-Blondin, Gergana N. Daskalova, Jakob J. Assmann for assisting with the collection and compilation of the data. We thank rangers including Edward McLeod, Samuel McLeod, Ricky Joe, Paden Lennie, Deon Arey, LeeJohn Meyook, Jordan McLeod, Pierre Foisy, Colin Gordon, Jeremy Hansen, Albert Rufus and field assistants including Santeri Lehtonen, William Palmer, Louise Beveridge, Clara Flintrop, John Godlee, Eleanor Walker, Joseph Boyle, Catherine Henry and Anika Trimble. Funding for data collection was provided by Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park and the UK Natural Environment Research Council ShrubTundra Grant (NE/M016323/1). We thank the Inuvialuit People for the opportunity to collect these data on their traditional lands."

Authors

Name	UK PDC
Role(s)	Metadata Author
Organisation	British Antarctic Survey

Name	Isla Myers-Smith
Role(s)	Technical Contact, Investigator
Organisation	University of Edinburgh

Name	Gergana Daskalova
Role(s)	Investigator
Organisation	University of Edinburgh

Basic Information

Creation Date:	2018-07-16
Dataset Progress:	Complete
Dataset Language:	English
ISO Topic Categories:	Biota Environment
Parameters:	Biosphere > Plant Taxonomy > Flowering Plants Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Alpine/Tundra Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Cover

Additional Information

Reference:	Myers-Smith et al. (2019). Eighteen years of ecological monitoring reveals multiple lines of evidence for tundra vegetation change. Ecological Monographs. 10.1002/ecm.1351.
Quality:	All 2017 flower count records were collected by the same researcher following a consistent protocol.
Lineage/Methodology:	Number of open flowers from all present species in each plot were monitored as part of a study on phenological changes in tundra plant species.

Extent

Temporal Coverage:
Start Date	2017-06-25
End Date	2017-08-09

Spatial Coverage:
Latitude
Southernmost	69.57487
Northernmost	69.57487
Longitude
Westernmost	-138.8634
Easternmost	-138.8634
Altitude
Min Altitude	N/A
Max Altitude	N/A
Depth
Min Depth	N/A
Max Depth	N/A

Data Resolution:
Latitude Resolution	N/A
Longitude Resolution	N/A
Horizontal Resolution Range	1 meter - < 30 meters
Vertical Resolution	N/A
Vertical Resolution Range	N/A
Temporal Resolution	N/A
Temporal Resolution Range	N/A

Location:
Location	Arctic
Detailed Location	Northern Canada - Qikiqtaruk-Herschel Island, Yukon Territory

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Number of flowering tundra plant species at eight monitoring plots (2017) on Qikiqtaruk-Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada

GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01087

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