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

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