Recent above-ground biomass changes in central Chukotka (Russian Far East) using field sampling and Landsat satellite data

Shevtsova, Iuliia; Herzschuh, Ulrike; Heim, Birgit; Schulte, Luise; Stünzi, Simone; Pestryakova, Luidmila A.; Zakharov, Evgeniy S.; Kruse, Stefan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3343-2021

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3343-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3343-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

Research article

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04 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 04 Jun 2021

Recent above-ground biomass changes in central Chukotka (Russian Far East) using field sampling and Landsat satellite data

Iuliia Shevtsova, Ulrike Herzschuh, Birgit Heim, Luise Schulte, Simone Stünzi, Luidmila A. Pestryakova, Evgeniy S. Zakharov, and Stefan Kruse

Data sets

Forest inventories on circular plots on the expedition Chukotka 2018 S. Kruse, U. Herzschuh, L. Schulte, S. M. Stuenzi, F. Brieger, E. S. Zakharov, and L. A. Pestryakova https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.923638

Foliage projective cover of 40 vegetation sites of central Chukotka from 2018 I. Shevtsova, S. Kruse, U. Herzschuh, L. Schulte, F. Brieger, S. M. Stuenzi, B. Heim, E. I. Troeva, L. A. Pestryakova, and E. S. Zakharov https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.923664

Total above-ground biomass of 39 vegetation sites of central Chukotka from 2018 I. Shevtsova, S. Kruse, U. Herzschuh, L. Schulte, F. Brieger, S. M. Stuenzi, B. Heim, E. I. Troeva, L. A. Pestryakova, and E. S. Zakharov https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.923719

Individual tree and tall shrub partial above-ground biomass of central Chukotka in 2018 I. Shevtsova, S. Kruse, U. Herzschuh, L. Schulte, F. Brieger, S. M. Stuenzi, B. Heim, E. I. Troeva, L. A. Pestryakova, and E. S. Zakharov https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.923784

Short summary

In the light of climate changes in subarctic regions, notable general increase in above-ground biomass for the past 15 years (2000 to 2017) was estimated along a tundra–taiga gradient of central Chukotka (Russian Far East). The greatest increase occurred in the northern taiga in the areas of larch closed-canopy forest expansion with Cajander larch as a main contributor. For the estimations, we used field data (taxa-separated plant biomass, 2018) and upscaled it based on Landsat satellite data.