TY - JOUR

T1 - The Arctic Plant Aboveground Biomass Synthesis Dataset

AU - Berner, Logan T.

AU - Orndahl, Kathleen M.

AU - Rose, Melissa

AU - Tamstorf, Mikkel

AU - Arndal, Marie F.

AU - Alexander, Heather D.

AU - Humphreys, Elyn R.

AU - Loranty, Michael M.

AU - Ludwig, Sarah M.

AU - Nyman, Johanna

AU - Juutinen, Sari

AU - Aurela, Mika

AU - Happonen, Konsta

AU - Mikola, Juha

AU - Mack, Michelle C.

AU - Vankoughnett, Mathew R.

AU - Iversen, Colleen M.

AU - Salmon, Verity G.

AU - Yang, Dedi

AU - Kumar, Jitendra

AU - Grogan, Paul

AU - Danby, Ryan K.

AU - Scott, Neal A.

AU - Olofsson, Johan

AU - Siewert, Matthias B.

AU - Deschamps, Lucas

AU - Lévesque, Esther

AU - Maire, Vincent

AU - Morneault, Amélie

AU - Gauthier, Gilles

AU - Gignac, Charles

AU - Boudreau, Stéphane

AU - Gaspard, Anna

AU - Kholodov, Alexander

AU - Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia

AU - Greaves, Heather E.

AU - Walker, Donald

AU - Gregory, Fiona M.

AU - Michelsen, Anders

AU - Kumpula, Timo

AU - Villoslada, Miguel

AU - Ylänne, Henni

AU - Luoto, Miska

AU - Virtanen, Tarmo

AU - Forbes, Bruce C.

AU - Hölzel, Norbert

AU - Epstein, Howard

AU - Heim, Ramona J.

AU - Bunn, Andrew

AU - Holmes, Robert M.

AU - Hung, Jacqueline K.Y.

AU - Natali, Susan M.

AU - Virkkala, Anna Maria

AU - Goetz, Scott J.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - 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 (g m−2) on 2,327 sample plots from 636 field sites 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.

AB - 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 (g m−2) on 2,327 sample plots from 636 field sites 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.

U2 - 10.1038/s41597-024-03139-w

DO - 10.1038/s41597-024-03139-w

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 38509110

AN - SCOPUS:85188251449

VL - 11

JO - Scientific data

JF - Scientific data

SN - 2052-4463

IS - 1

M1 - 305

ER -