Title: Environmental and plant community composition and functional trait data across peatlands of the Forest Dynamics Plot at Scotty Creek, NT
Citation: Standen, K. M., & Baltzer, J. L. (2021). Environmental and plant community composition and functional trait data across peatlands of the Forest Dynamics Plot at Scotty Creek, NT. [Data set]. Wilfrid Laurier University Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/R4FTPW
Study Site: Scotty Creek Research Station, Northwest Territories, Canada
Purpose: These data explored how plant community composition and traits change across the Scotty Creek Forest Dynamics plot in response to environmental variation, including active layer thickness, organic layer thickness, and forest structure (i.e., canopy cover and tree basal area).
Abstract: Included are three data files: the plant community composition dataset, the associated environmental variables dataset, and the plant functional trait dataset. Combined, the community composition and trait datasets were used to calculate the community-weighted means presented in the manuscript.
Supplemental Information Summary:
Research:
Further Info: Standen, K.M, & Baltzer, J.L. (2021). Permafrost condition determines plant community composition and community-level foliar functional traits in a boreal peatland. Ecology and Evolution.doi: 10.1002/ece3.7818
Status: Complete
Keywords:
vegetation,
Permafrost,
Plant community composition,
Plant functional traits,
Geographical coordinates: North: 61.3, South: 61.3 East: -121.3 West: -121.3
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2016-06-18, End
Date: 2019-07-15
