Alaska Vegetation Plots Database

Alaska Vegetation Plots Database (AKVEG) is a data repository for ecological and vegetation survey data from extensive, ground-based projects across Alaska.

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ID Project Abbr Project Title Manager Originator Funder Year Start Year End Location Region Completion Vascular Scope Bryophyte Scope Lichen Scope Description
ID Project Abbr Project Title Manager Originator Funder Year Start Year End Location Region Completion Vascular Scope Bryophyte Scope Lichen Scope Description
1 AIM NPR-A NPR-A Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring Pilot Tina Boucher Alaska Center for Conservation Science Bureau of Land Management 2012 2017 North Slope Arctic Finished exhaustive high cover species high cover species Establishment and measure of long-term monitoring plots for the BLM Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring Program in NPR-A.
2 ACCS Colville Colville River Small Mammal Surveys Jes Reimer Alaska Center for Conservation Science Alaska Department of Fish and Game 2015 2015 North Slope Arctic Finished exhaustive high cover species high cover species Vegetation plots assessed during small mammal surveys conducted along the Colville River in 2015 by ACCS.
3 ABR ARCN ELS Ecological Land Survey and Land Cover Map of the Arctic Network Torre Jorgenson Alaska Biological Research, Inc. National Park Service 2002 2008 Western Arctic Arctic Finished exhaustive high cover species high cover species Vegetation plots assessed by ABR for developing land cover map of the National Park Service Arctic Network.
4 ABR SELA ELS Ecological Land Survey and Land Cover Map of the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge Torre Jorgenson Alaska Biological Research, Inc. United States Fish and Wildlife Service 2007 2008 Western Arctic Arctic Finished exhaustive high cover species high cover species Vegetation plots for developing land cover map of Selawik National Wildlife Refuge.
5 Breen Poplar Balsam Poplar Communities on the Arctic Slope of Alaska Amy Breen University of Alaska Fairbanks University of Alaska Fairbanks 2003 2006 North Slope Arctic Finished exhaustive exhaustive exhaustive The vegetation associated with balsam poplar stands in the Arctic Foothills of Alaska and the interior boreal forests of Alaska and Yukon was described by Breen (2014) as part of her doctoral dissertation research.
6 NPS GAAR LC Gates of the Arctic Land Cover Mapping Keith Boggs Alaska Center for Conservation Science National Park Service 1998 1998 Western Arctic Arctic Finished exhaustive high cover species high cover species Vegetation plots for developing land cover map of Gates of the Arctic National Park.
7 NSSI LC North Slope Land Cover Mapping Jess Grunblatt North Slope Science Initiative North Slope Science Initiative 2008 2011 North Slope Arctic Finished exhaustive high cover species high cover species Vegetation plots for developing land cover map of North Slope.
8 NPS YUCH PA Plant Associations and Post-fire Vegetation Succession in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Keith Boggs Alaska Center for Conservation Science National Park Service 2003 2003 Eastern Interior Boreal Finished exhaustive high cover species high cover species Vegetation plots for describing plant associations of Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
9 AIM Fortymile Fortymile River Region Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring Tina Boucher Alaska Center for Conservation Science Bureau of Land Management 2016 2017 Eastern Interior Boreal Finished exhaustive high cover species high cover species Establishment and measure of long-term monitoring plots for the BLM Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring Program in Fortymile River Region of Eastern Interior Field Office (EIFO).
10 NPS ARCN Lichen Lichen Inventory of the Arctic Network Peter Neitlich National Park Service National Park Service 1996 2007 Western Arctic Arctic Finished none high cover species exhaustive Lichen and bryophyte plots for describing lichen community structure and its relation to environment in NPS Arctic Network.