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Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Biomass, and Nitrogen Content of Goose Forage, Northern Alaska, 2011-2018

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This data set contains four tables of information regarding the sampling of plant biomass, nitrogen, cumulative thaw degree days, precipitation, and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) for the Colville River Delta and Point Lonely area of northern Alaska.

Author(s): Ward, D. H.; Ruthrauff, D. R.

Suggested Citation:
Ward, D. H. and Ruthrauff, D. R., 2018, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, biomass, and nitrogen content of goose forage, northern Alaska, 2011-2018 (ver. 2.0, September 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7M907KT.

Version History:
First release: February 2018
Revised: September 2020 (ver. 2.0)

Referenced Publication(s):

Hogrefe, K. R., V. P. Patil, D. R. Ruthrauff, B. W. Meixell, M. E. Budde, J. W. Hupp, and D. H. Ward. 2017. Normalized difference vegetation index as an estimator for abundance and quality of avian herbivore forage in arctic Alaska. Remote Sensing 9(12):1234. doi:10.3390/rs9121234

Ruthrauff, D. R., V. P. Patil, J. W. Hupp, and D. H. Ward. 2021. Life-history attributes of Arctic-breeding birds drive uneven responses to environmental variability across different phases of the reproductive cycle. Ecology and Evolution 11(24):18514-18530. doi:10.1002/ece3.8448

DataID: 186 | doi:10.5066/F7M907KT | Date Posted Online: 2018-02-15 | Last Updated: 2020-11-12 12:01:51

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Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Biomass, and Nitrogen Content of Goose Forage, Northern Alaska, 2011-2018