Arctic Council Working Group

Non-native vegetation

Nootka lupin
Nootka lupin
Jose Ortega
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FECs Group Parameter Attributes Priority Extreme Events Scale Complexity Recurrance Method Notes
Non-native vegetationDiversity, composition and abundancePercent cover by life form or species EssentialLocalBasic2 yearsPoint intercept/line point intercept
Non-native vegetationDiversity, composition and abundanceCanopy gapEssentialLocalBasic2 yearsLine intercept
Non-native vegetationDiversity, composition and abundanceAlpha diversityEssentialLocalBasic2 yearsPlot species list
Non-native vegetationDiversity, composition and abundanceAlpha diversityEssentialLocalAdvanced2 yearsDNA soil sampling
Non-native vegetationDiversity, composition and abundanceAlpha diversityEssentialLocalBasic2 yearsPlot photograph
Non-native vegetationDiversity, composition and abundanceHeight of representative life formsEssentialLocalBasic2 yearsMean of 5 representative plants
Non-native vegetationDiversity, composition and abundanceBeta/gamma diversityEssential
  • Landscape
  • Regional
BasicAnnuallyLow resolution remote sensing:
Non-native vegetationDiversity, composition and abundanceBeta/gamma diversityEssential
  • Landscape
  • Regional
Basic10 yearsMODIS
Non-native vegetationDiversity, composition and abundanceBeta/gamma diversityEssentialLandscapeAdvancedAs requiredMed resolution remote sensing:
Non-native vegetationDiversity and spatial structurePattern: fragmentation/ Connectivity Area: total area by communityEssential
  • Landscape
  • Regional
Basic5 yearsRemote sensing
Non-native vegetationProductivityNDVI/ fPAR/ LAI/ EVIEssential
  • Landscape
  • Regional
BasicAnnuallyRemote sensing
Non-native vegetationProductivityAboveground biomassEssentialLocalAdvanced2 yearsPoint intercept estimation; photo digital photograph classification (non-destructive); clip plots (destructive)
Non-native vegetationProductivityTotal biomassEssentialLocalAdvanced2 yearsHarvest and root clipping (destructive)
Non-native vegetationProductivityBiomassEssential
  • Landscape
  • Regional
AdvancedAnnuallyRemote sensing
Non-native vegetationProductivityBiomassEssentialLocalBasicAs requiredIndigenous Knowledge: Harvest observations related to food abundance
Non-native vegetationProductivityBiomassEssentialLocalBasic5 yearsTree ring and shrub ring samples
Non-native vegetationPhenologyDate of leaf-out (species)EssentialLocalBasicAnnuallyDirect observationPlot
Non-native vegetationPhenologyDate of green-up Date of senescence Length of growing seasonEssential
  • Regional
  • Pan-Arctic
AdvancedAnnuallyRemote sensing
Non-native vegetationPhenologyDate of flowering (species)EssentialLocalBasicAnnuallyDirect observationPlot
Non-native vegetationPhenologyDate of senescence (species)EssentialLocalBasicAnnuallyDirect observationPlot
Non-native vegetationPhenologyAmount of plant reproductive parts and newly emerged vegetative partsEssentialLocalAdvancedAnnuallyDirect observation
Non-native vegetationPhenologyDate of senescence (species)EssentialLocalAdvancedAnnuallyIndigneous Knowledge: Morphological observation
Non-native vegetationAbundancePresence/absence Population sizeEssentialLocalBasicAs requiredDirect count observations
Non-native vegetationSpatial structureExtentEssentialLandscapeBasicAs requiredRemote sensing

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