The Arctic Plant Aboveground Biomass Synthesis Dataset, Pan-Arctic, 1998-2022

  • Gilles Gauthier (Creator)
  • Mikkel P. Tamstorf (Creator)
  • Michelle Mack (Contributor)
  • Mathew R. Vankoughnett (Creator)
  • Sarah M. Ludwig (Creator)
  • D. Yang (Creator)
  • S. Sistla (Creator)
  • Jitendra Kumar (Creator)
  • Anna Gaspard (Creator)
  • Miska Luoto (Creator)
  • V. G. Salmon (Creator)
  • Heather E. Greaves (Creator)
  • Scott Goetz (Creator)
  • Timo Kumpula (Creator)
  • Elyn Humphreys (Creator)
  • Marie F. Arndal (Creator)
  • Lucas Deschamps (Creator)
  • H. Ylänne (Creator)
  • Anders Michelsen (Creator)
  • Neal A. Scott (Creator)
  • Norbert Hölzel (Creator)
  • Johanna Nyman (Creator)
  • Logan T. Berner (Creator)
  • Miguel Villoslada (Creator)
  • Ramona J. Heim (Creator)
  • Mika Aurela (Creator)
  • Tarmo Virtanen (Creator)
  • Colleen M. Iversen (Creator)
  • Amélie Morneault (Creator)
  • Alexander Kholodov (Creator)
  • Heather D. Alexander (Creator)
  • K. M. Orndahl (Creator)
  • Melissa Rose (Creator)
  • Konsta Happonen (Creator)
  • Fiona M. Gregory (Creator)
  • Robert M. Holmes (Creator)
  • Paul Grogan (Creator)
  • Bruce C. Forbes (Creator)
  • Johan Olofsson (Creator)
  • Vincent Maire (Creator)
  • A. Bunn (Creator)
  • H. E. Epstein (Creator)
  • Stéphane Boudreau (Creator)
  • Anna Maria Virkkala (Creator)
  • Ryan K. Danby (Creator)
  • Natalie Baillargeon (Creator)
  • Sari Juutinen (Creator)
  • M. Syndonia Bret-Harte (Creator)
  • Jacqueline K.Y. Hung (Creator)
  • Susan M. Natali (Creator)
  • Juha Mikola (Creator)
  • Charles Gignac (Creator)
  • Esther Lévesque (Creator)
  • Donald A. Walker (Creator)
  • Michael M. Loranty (Creator)
  • Matthias Siewert (Creator)
  • Grace Pold (Creator)

Dataset

Description

Plant biomass is a fundamental ecosystem attribute that is sensitive to rapid climatic changes occurring in the Arctic. Nevertheless, measuring plant biomass in the Arctic is logistically challenging and resource intensive. Lack of accessible field data hinders efforts to understand the amount, composition, distribution, and changes in plant biomass in these northern ecosystems. Here, we present The Arctic Plant Aboveground Biomass Synthesis Dataset, which includes field measurements of lichen, bryophyte, herb, shrub, and/or tree aboveground biomass grams per meter squared (g/m^2) on 2327 sample plots in seven countries. We created the synthesis dataset by assembling and harmonizing 32 individual datasets. Aboveground biomass was primarily quantified by harvesting sample plots during mid- to late-summer, though tree and often tall shrub biomass were quantified using surveys and allometric models. Each biomass measurement is associated with metadata including sample date, location, method, data source, and other information. This unique dataset can be leveraged to monitor, map, and model plant biomass across the rapidly warming Arctic.
Date made available2024
PublisherNSF Arctic Data Center

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