Data quality standards for monitoring caribou in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Central Alaska Network
Putera JA. 2018. Data quality standards for monitoring caribou in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Central Alaska Network. Natural Resource Report. NPS/CAKN/NRR—2018/1757. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The purpose of this report is to document the standards used by the National Park Service (NPS) Central Alaska (CAKN) Inventory and Monitoring Network for activities related to the collection, processing, analysis, and publication of caribou monitoring data as described in Protocol for Monitoring Caribou in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Central Alaska Network (Putera and Miller in review). This plan also serves as a guide for all CAKN personnel who are involved in protocol/program activities and as a resource for identifying memoranda, publications, and other literature that describe associated techniques and requirements in more detail.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Putera, Judy
- Date of Issue
- 2018-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CAKN , NRSS , WRST
- Keywords
- body size, CAKN, caribou, Chisana, data, data quality standards, distribution, Herd, mass, Mentasta, National Park, population, quality, radiocollars, Rangifer tarandus, recruitment, sex ratio, survival, Wrangell-St. Elias, WRST
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Mammals