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The tundra biome is the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of the circumpolar north, and its fate in a rapidly changing climate is of high scientific and socioeconomic concern. One of those concerns is that the majority of caribou herds throughout the circumpolar north are declining, perhaps as a result of climate change. The principal objective of this research is to reveal the connections between soil nutrient cycling, forage quality and caribou habitat selection.
Categories: Data;
Tags: ALPINE/TUNDRA,
ALPINE/TUNDRA,
CARBON,
CARBON,
CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS, All tags...
CARBON CYCLE/CARBON BUDGET MODELS,
Data,
EVEN-TOED UNGULATES,
EVEN-TOED UNGULATES,
Federal resource managers,
HERBIVORY,
HERBIVORY,
LANDSCAPE PROCESSES,
LANDSCAPE PROCESSES,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
LICHENS,
LICHENS,
NITROGEN,
NITROGEN,
NITROGEN,
NITROGEN,
NUTRIENTS,
NUTRIENTS,
ORGANIC MATTER,
ORGANIC MATTER,
SOIL ABSORPTION,
SOIL ABSORPTION,
SOIL FERTILITY,
SOIL FERTILITY,
SOIL PRODUCTIVITY,
SOIL PRODUCTIVITY,
SOIL RESPIRATION,
SOIL RESPIRATION,
SOIL TEMPERATURE,
SOIL TEMPERATURE,
State agencies,
Tribes,
VEGETATION COVER,
VEGETATION COVER,
VEGETATION COVER,
VEGETATION COVER,
Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov,
biota,
biota,
completed,
environment,
environment,
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover,
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags
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Lack of complete snow cover for the past 3 winters in southwestern Alaska has forced agencies to postpone conducting moose surveys due to the likelihood of underestimating the population/lack of comparability to previous surveys. Poor snow conditions are known to lower the sightability of moose, yet, for most regions of Alaska, the variation in moose sightability during suboptimal conditions has not yet been quantified. Because scientists are predicting less snowfall in this region over the long term, research was initiated to estimate sightability correction factors (SCFc) to apply to abundance estimates.
Categories: Data;
Tags: Academics & scientific researchers,
CALIBRATION/VALIDATION,
CALIBRATION/VALIDATION,
DEER/MOOSE,
DEER/MOOSE, All tags...
Document,
Federal resource managers,
Interested public,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
MODELS,
MODELS,
POPULATION ABUNDANCE,
POPULATION ABUNDANCE,
POPULATION ESTIMATES,
POPULATION ESTIMATES,
Policy makers & regulators,
Regional & county planners,
SNOW COVER,
SNOW COVER,
STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS,
STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS,
State agencies,
Tribes,
Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov,
biota,
biota,
completed,
environment,
environment,
geoscientificInformation,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
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