Title: Data for "Greater variation in boreal plant community composition and community-level traits at local- than regional-scale"
Citation: Standen, K. M., & Baltzer, J. L. (2023). Data for "Greater variation in boreal plant community composition and community-level traits at local- than regional-scale" [dataset]. In Forest Ecology Research Group Data (Version V1). Borealis. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/MVGFRF
Study Site: From central Saskatchewan to the northern treeline near Inuvik, NT
Purpose: Rapid climate change in northern latitudes is expected to influence plant functional traits of the whole community (community-level traits) through species compositional changes and/or trait plasticity, limiting our ability to anticipate climate warming impacts on northern plant communities. We explored differences in plant community composition and community-level traits within and among four boreal peatland sites and determined whether intra- or interspecific variation drives community-level traits
Abstract: We collected plant community composition and functional trait data along dominant topoedaphic and/or hydrologic gradients at four peatland sites spanning the latitudinal extent of the boreal biome of western North America. We characterized variability in community composition and community-level traits of understorey vascular and moss species both within (local-scale) and among sites (regional-scale).
This dataset includes three primary files:
the plant community composition dataset
the associated environmental variables dataset
the plant functional trait dataset
A fourth file containing geospatial reference data for the four study sites is also included.
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Further Info: Standen, K. M., & Baltzer, J. L. (2023). Greater variation in boreal plant community composition and community‐level traits at local‐ than regional‐scale. Journal of Vegetation Science, 34(5), e13206. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13206
Status: Complete
Keywords:
vegetation,
Geographical coordinates: North: 68.5337, South: 53.9833 East: -105.1167 West: -133.5333
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2016-06-15, End
Date: 2020-09-01
