Arctic Council Working Group Food species (Vegetation)
- Ecosystem: Terrestrial
- Species group: Vegetation
- Publications: Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring Plan
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| FECs Group | Parameter | Attributes | Priority | Extreme Events | Scale | Complexity | Recurrance | Method | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food species (Vegetation) | Diversity, composition and abundance | Percent cover by life form or species | Essential | Local | Basic | 2 years | Point intercept/line point intercept | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Diversity, composition and abundance | Canopy gap | Essential | Local | Basic | 2 years | Line intercept | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Diversity, composition and abundance | Alpha diversity | Essential | Local | Basic | 2 years | Plot species list | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Diversity, composition and abundance | Alpha diversity | Essential | Local | Advanced | 2 years | DNA soil sampling | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Diversity, composition and abundance | Alpha diversity | Essential | Local | Basic | 2 years | Plot photograph | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Diversity, composition and abundance | Height of representative life forms | Essential | Local | Basic | 2 years | Mean of 5 representative plants | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Diversity, composition and abundance | Beta/gamma diversity | Essential |
| Basic | Annually | Low resolution remote sensing: | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Diversity, composition and abundance | Beta/gamma diversity | Essential |
| Basic | 10 years | MODIS | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Diversity, composition and abundance | Beta/gamma diversity | Essential | Landscape | Advanced | As required | Med resolution remote sensing: | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Diversity and spatial structure | Pattern: fragmentation/ Connectivity Area: total area by community | Essential |
| Basic | 5 years | Remote sensing | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Productivity | NDVI/ fPAR/ LAI/ EVI | Essential |
| Basic | Annually | Remote sensing | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Productivity | Aboveground biomass | Essential | Local | Advanced | 2 years | Point intercept estimation; photo digital photograph classification (non-destructive); clip plots (destructive) | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Productivity | Total biomass | Essential | Local | Advanced | 2 years | Harvest and root clipping (destructive) | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Productivity | Biomass | Essential |
| Advanced | Annually | Remote sensing | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Productivity | Biomass | Essential | Local | Basic | As required | Indigenous Knowledge: Harvest observations related to food abundance | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Productivity | Biomass | Essential | Local | Basic | 5 years | Tree ring and shrub ring samples | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Phenology | Date of leaf-out (species) | Essential | Local | Basic | Annually | Direct observation | Plot | |
| Food species (Vegetation) | Phenology | Date of green-up Date of senescence Length of growing season | Essential |
| Advanced | Annually | Remote sensing | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Phenology | Date of flowering (species) | Essential | Local | Basic | Annually | Direct observation | Plot | |
| Food species (Vegetation) | Phenology | Date of senescence (species) | Essential | Local | Basic | Annually | Direct observation | Plot | |
| Food species (Vegetation) | Phenology | Amount of plant reproductive parts and newly emerged vegetative parts | Essential | Local | Advanced | Annually | Direct observation | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Phenology | Date of senescence (species) | Essential | Local | Advanced | Annually | Indigneous Knowledge: Morphological observation | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Productivity quality | Species mix | Essential | Local | Basic | Annually | Indigenous Knowledge; direct observation | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Productivity quality | Size distribution | Essential | Local | Basic | As required | Indigenous Knowledge; direct observation | Plot | |
| Food species (Vegetation) | Productivity quality | Palatabilty; secondary compounds | Recommended | Local | Advanced | As required | Phyto-chemical analysis (Laboratory analysis) | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Productivity | Berry abundance, weight and ripeness | Recommended | Local | Basic | As required | Berry collection drying and observation | ||
| Food species (Vegetation) | Phenology | Date of leaf out Date of flowering Date of senescene | Essential | Local | Basic | As required | Direct observation |