Aspen phenology monitoring protocol for the Central Alaska Network: plot establishment, field measurements, and data management
Roland C and Nicklen F. 2019. Aspen phenology monitoring protocol for the Central Alaska Network: plot establishment, field measurements, and data management. Natural Resource Report. NPS/CAKN/NRR—2019/2014. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Plant phenology can be highly responsive to temperature and climatic variations and is one of the most sensitive indicators of climate change. There is considerable evidence global climate change is advancing the timing of flowering and leaf-out and extending growing seasons of plants at northern latitudes. The Central Alaska Network began monitoring the phenology of aspens in Denali National Park and Preserve in 2005, added monitoring stations in 2008 in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, and in 2010 added a fourth monitoring location in Fairbanks, Alaska. This document describes the protocol used to establish and monitor these plots. The protocol covers plot establishment, spring and fall monitoring procedures, photo documentation of plots, and data management.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Roland, Carl; Nicklen, Fleur
- Date of Issue
- 2019-10
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CAKN , NRSS