Scanning and digitizing 1930s archival vegetation data to enable research and conservation in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tuttle J. 2016. Scanning and digitizing 1930s archival vegetation data to enable research and conservation in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. National Park Service
Ecologists are using ever-more-sophisticated tools to quantitatively analyze and model forest change with respect to ongoing climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances, and the results of these efforts are rapidly contributing to our understanding of vegetation dynamics and our ability to forecast (and potentially mitigate) future changes. However, these analyses, models, and future projections rely on historical data that is often lacking. The PI will be compiling and digitizing for the first time an important component of a uniquely comprehensive 1930s vegetation data set (Miller). The existence of such detailed, comprehensive data sets is rare, particularly for mountainous terrain such as the Smokies.
- Type
- Generic Dataset
- Authors
- Tuttle, Julie
- Date of Issue
- 2016-10-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM Permitted Study ID: GRSM-01189, SER, Southeast Region
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities