Terrestrial Vegetation and Soils Monitoring in the Arctic Network of National Parklands
Miller C. Terrestrial Vegetation and Soils Monitoring in the Arctic Network of National Parklands. 2010. National Park Service
Vegetation is the basis for ecosystem productivity and wildlife habitat. Arctic vegetation is very sensitive to climate change and disturbance such as fire, herbivory, and traffic. Research has documented an increase in shrubs and, to a lesser extent, trees in the arctic over recent decades, probably related to climate change. Major changes in vegetation structure such as these have a cascading effect on other ecosystem attributes, such as herbivore use patterns, fire regime, and the chemistry of water bodies. In addition to vascular plants such as shrubs and herbs, the arctic has abundant lichens that provide biodiversity and wildlife forage. Lichens are quite sensitive to caribou and reindeer grazing, competition from other plants, fires, and contaminants. All of these factors could lead to decreased lichen diversity and biomass in the future.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Miller, Celia
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ARCN , BELA , CAKR , GAAR , KOVA , NOAT
- Keywords
- Alaska, Arctic, Biomass, Chemistry, Climate, Competition, Contaminants, Disturbance, Diversity, FIRE, Grazing, Lichens, Productivity, Shrubs, Soil, Vegetation
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Soil Quality | Soil Function and Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex
Program
Products
- Terrestrial vegetation monitoring protocol for the Arctic Alaska Network: Establishment, sampling, and analysis of permanent monitoring plots
- Development of ion-exchange collectors for monitoring atmospheric deposition of inorganic pollutants in Alaska parklands:.
- Seasonal Changes in Alaska's National Parks
- Environmental Limits of Tall Shrubs in Alaska’s Arctic National Parks
- Lichen traits and species as indicators of vegetation and environment
- Macrolichen Diversity in Noatak National Preserve, Alaska
- Non-Destructive Lichen Biomass Estimation in Northwestern Alaska: A Comparison of Methods
- WACAP - Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project
- Vegetation sampling in the Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network, 2013 Progress Report
- Three decades of landscape change in Alaska’s Arctic National Parks: Analysis of aerial photographs, c. 1980-2010
- Atmospheric Deposition and Critical Loads for Nitrogen and Metals in Arctic Alaska: Review and Current Status
- Vegetation Sampling in the Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network, 2009-2012
- Birch, Aspen and Poplar in Alaska's National Parks
- Gates of the Arctic Lichen Community Sampling Data, 2012
- Vegetation and Soils Vital Sign Monitoring Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network Progress Report, December 2011
- Shrub Expansion Project Brief
- Concentrations and bioaccessibility of metals in vegetation and dust near a mining haul road, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska
- Black Spruce in Alaska's National Parklands
- Lichen inventory synthesis: Western Arctic National Parklands and Arctic Network, Alaska
- Arctic Network Lichen Inventory Dataset
- Vegetation and Soils Monitoring Protocol Testing Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network Progress Report, March 2010
- Arctic Network Terrestrial Vegetation and Soils Natural Resource Brief
- Macrolichen communities in relation to soils and vegetation in the Noatak National Preserve, Alaska
- ARCN Terrestrial Vegetation and Soils Protocol Development Summary
- 14C/C measurements support Andreev’s internode method to determine lichen growth rates in Cladonia stygia (Fr.) Ruoss.
- Grazing and fire impacts on macrolichen communities of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, U.S.A.
- Spatial scale of GIS-derived categorical variables affects their ability to separate sites by community composition.
- Succession and community gradients of Arctic macrolichens and their relation to substrate, topography, and rockiness.
- Spatial patterns of cadmium and lead deposition on and adjacent to National Park Service lands in the vicinity of Red Dog Mine, Alaska
- Heavy Metals in Mosses and Soils on Six Transects Along the Red Dog Mine Haul Road, Alaska
- ARCN Terrestrial Vegetation Vital Sign Resource Brief
- Vegetation and Permafrost Return to Drained Lake Basins
- Impacts on tundra vegetation from heavy metal-enriched fugitive dust on National Park Service lands along the Red Dog Mine haul road, Alaska
- Trends in spatial patterns of heavy metal deposition on National Park Service lands along the Red Dog Mine haul road, Alaska, 2001–2006
- Mechanistic spatial models for heavy metal pollution
- A high-resolution map of coastal vegetation for two Arctic Alaskan parklands: An object-oriented approach with point training data
- 2019 Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Lichen Community Monitoring Remeasure Data
- Bering Land Bridge Grazing Exclosures Database
- Tree investigations in the Noatak National Preserve, Alaska, 2011–2022: Old-growth and new forests
- Drained lakes in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve: Vegetation succession and impacts on loon habitat
- Mixed trends in heavy metal-enriched fugitive dust on National Park Service lands along the Red Dog Mine haul road, Alaska, 2006–2017
- ARCN Terrestrial Vegetation and Soils Database Export, 2025-05-19
- NPS Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network Vegetation SQLite Database