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Radial growth of tundra shrubs (1990-2014) at four sites in Northern Canada (Yukon, Quebec)

This dataset contains annual growth time series for 296 tundra shrubs belonging to 7 species (Salix and Betula genera) collected at the following sites in Northern Canada: Qikiqtaruk-Herschel Island (Yukon Territory), Kluane region (Yukon Territory), Umiujaq (Quebec) and Salluit (Quebec). Each individual time series (raw measurements) is presented along with the species and canopy size of the corresponding shrub.

Funding was provided by the NERC grant NE/M016323/1.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01086
Date (Publication)
2019-07-05
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01086
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation - Angers-Blondin, S., & Myers-Smith, I.
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Alpine/Tundra
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Tree Rings
BAS Free-text keywords
  • dendroecology
  • secondary growth
  • shrubs
  • time series
  • tundra
  • vegetation
Use limitation

This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree with the NERC data policy (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy.asp), and the following conditions:

Please contact authors before publishing the data. Please use the following acknowledgements when using/publishing the data from Qikiqtaruk: "We thank the Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Isla Myers-Smith, Cameron Eckert, Richard Gordon, Catherine Kennedy, Dorothy Cooley, and Dr. Jill F. Johnstone for establishing and maintaining the phenology and composition data from Qikiqtaruk. We thank Haydn J.D. Thomas, Meagan M. Grabowski, Sandra Angers-Blondin, Gergana N. Daskalova, Jakob J. Assmann for assisting with the collection and compilation of the data. We thank rangers including Edward McLeod, Samuel McLeod, Ricky Joe, Paden Lennie, Deon Arey, LeeJohn Meyook, Jordan McLeod, Pierre Foisy, Colin Gordon, Jeremy Hansen, Albert Rufus and field assistants including Santeri Lehtonen, William Palmer, Louise Beveridge, Clara Flintrop, John Godlee, Eleanor Walker, Joseph Boyle, Catherine Henry and Anika Trimble. Funding for data collection was provided by Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park and the UK Natural Environment Research Council ShrubTundra Grant (NE/M016323/1). We thank the Inuvialuit People for the opportunity to collect these data on their traditional lands."

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This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree with the NERC data policy (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy.asp), and the following conditions:

Please contact authors before publishing the data. Please use the following acknowledgements when using/publishing the data from Qikiqtaruk: "We thank the Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Isla Myers-Smith, Cameron Eckert, Richard Gordon, Catherine Kennedy, Dorothy Cooley, and Dr. Jill F. Johnstone for establishing and maintaining the phenology and composition data from Qikiqtaruk. We thank Haydn J.D. Thomas, Meagan M. Grabowski, Sandra Angers-Blondin, Gergana N. Daskalova, Jakob J. Assmann for assisting with the collection and compilation of the data. We thank rangers including Edward McLeod, Samuel McLeod, Ricky Joe, Paden Lennie, Deon Arey, LeeJohn Meyook, Jordan McLeod, Pierre Foisy, Colin Gordon, Jeremy Hansen, Albert Rufus and field assistants including Santeri Lehtonen, William Palmer, Louise Beveridge, Clara Flintrop, John Godlee, Eleanor Walker, Joseph Boyle, Catherine Henry and Anika Trimble. Funding for data collection was provided by Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park and the UK Natural Environment Research Council ShrubTundra Grant (NE/M016323/1). We thank the Inuvialuit People for the opportunity to collect these data on their traditional lands."

Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
1990-01-01
End date
2014-12-31
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Protocol
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Function
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Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

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Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
Samples that could not be cross-sectioned or measured reliably (rotten core, heavy wedging/lobing) were not included in the dataset. Remaining samples have an average inter-radii correlation of ca. 75%.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01086 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2019-07-05
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01086
 
 

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