Caribou Forage and Soil Data, North Slope of Alaska, 2011-2014

Description

These data are nutrient concentrations of seven key forage-plant species in the ranges of three caribou herds, in northern Alaska. During the growing seasons of 2011-2014, we collected forage samples from 21 plots within the ranges of three caribou herds: Central Arctic Herd (2011-2013), Teshekpuk (2011-2013), Western Arctic (2013-2014). We also analyzed stable isotopes of carbon (13C), nitrogen (15N) and sulfur (34S) in key plants. Further, we included of soil chemistry measures within the sampling range.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.ASC179.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/F7JQ106W

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  • environment
  • alaska
  • brooks-range
  • soil-chemistry
  • biota
  • vegetation-species
  • mammals
  • nutrients
  • nitrogen
  • vegetation
  • usgs-asc179
  • plant-phenology
  • animals-vertebrates
  • biomass
  • north-slope-census-subarea
  • carbon

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