Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah; Ewald, Peter (2026): Raw moss layer projective cover at 32 sites in Northwester Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996755 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2026-09-18
Abstract:
Vegetation surveys were carried out in Northwest Territories, Yukon and British Columbia in Canada. The study area is within the boreal forest biome and is partially underlain by permafrost soils. The aim was to record the projective ground vegetation in different boreal forest types studied during the CA-Land_2022_NWCanada field campaign in July and August 2022. The ground vegetation projective cover in percent was assessed within a circular forest plot of 15m radius. Depending on the heterogeneity of the forest plot, multiple vegetation types (VA, VB, or VC) were surveyed separately. The assignment of a vegetation type is always unique to a site. Up to four quadrats of 2x2 m were surveyed per vegetation type and projective cover in percent recorded separately for herbaceous and moss layers. Additionally, ground vegetation projective cover was surveyed in 4 rings of 50 cm width around the center of the circular forest plot. Photos of quadrats were taken at the time of survey. In total 201 quadrats and rings at 32 forest plots were investigated. All data were collected by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Germany, and the University of Potsdam Germany.
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Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah; Ewald, Peter (2023): Aggregated herbaceous layer projective vegetation cover at 32 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959408
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah; Ewald, Peter (2023): Aggregated moss layer projective vegetation cover at 32 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959407
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah; Ewald, Peter (2023): Projective cover of ground vegetation types at 32 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959413
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah; Ewald, Peter (2023): Raw herbaceous layer projective vegetation cover at 32 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959412
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Schildt, Katharina; Ewald, Peter; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah (2023): Aggregated ground vegetation above-ground biomass at 31 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959405
Schild, Laura; Kruse, Stefan; Schildt, Katharina; Ewald, Peter; Gloy, Josias; Haupt, Sarah (2023): Raw plot-wise ground vegetation above-ground biomass at 31 sites in Northwestern Canada, in Summer 2022 (CA-Land_2022_NWCanada) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959406
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 64.817589 * Median Longitude: -133.823656 * South-bound Latitude: 58.750380 * West-bound Longitude: -138.452030 * North-bound Latitude: 68.879650 * East-bound Longitude: -121.832340
Date/Time Start: 2022-07-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-08-12T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: 14.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 1103.0 m
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EN22002 * Latitude: 60.810410 * Longitude: -135.368910 * Date/Time: 2022-07-15T00:00:00 * Elevation: 774.0 m * IGSN: https://doi.org/10.60510/AWFWI02061 * Location: Yukon, Canada * Campaign: CA-Land_2022_NWCanada_Forests (Forest Change Northwest Canada) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Vegetation survey (VEGSUR) * Comment: Bog forest wet with spruces and thick moss cover
EN22003 * Latitude: 60.440120 * Longitude: -133.555340 * Date/Time: 2022-07-16T00:00:00 * Elevation: 822.0 m * IGSN: https://doi.org/10.60510/AWFWI02062 * Location: Yukon, Canada * Campaign: CA-Land_2022_NWCanada_Forests (Forest Change Northwest Canada) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Vegetation survey (VEGSUR) * Comment: Bog forest wet with black spruces and thick moss cover
EN22004 * Latitude: 60.447860 * Longitude: -133.562150 * Date/Time: 2022-07-16T00:00:00 * Elevation: 783.0 m * IGSN: https://doi.org/10.60510/AWFWI02063 * Location: Yukon, Canada * Campaign: CA-Land_2022_NWCanada_Forests (Forest Change Northwest Canada) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Vegetation survey (VEGSUR) * Comment: Very wet forest with open spruce cover, hummock tundra on ground and thick moss cover
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other event | Other event | Schild, Laura | |||
| 2 | Event label | Event | Schild, Laura | |||
| 3 | Date/Time of event | Date/Time | Schild, Laura | |||
| 4 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | Schild, Laura | ||
| 5 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Schild, Laura | |||
| 6 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Schild, Laura | |||
| 7 | Burnt vegetation, cover | Burnt veg cov | % | Schild, Laura | Visual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023 | |
| 8 | Deadwood, cover | Deadwood cov | % | Schild, Laura | Visual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023 | |
| 9 | Lichen, cover | Lichen cov | % | Schild, Laura | Visual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023 | |
| 10 | Litter, cover | Lit cov | % | Schild, Laura | Visual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023 | |
| 11 | Litter and deadwood, cover | Litter+deadwood cov | % | Schild, Laura | Visual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023 | |
| 12 | Moss, cover | Moss cov | % | Schild, Laura | Visual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023 | |
| 13 | Stones, cover | Stones cov | % | Schild, Laura | Visual estimation in exact nadir according to Li et al. 2023 |
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