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Mountain top vegetation monitoring in Atigun Gorge Field Report Merrill Jensen (all photos taken by Merrill during the project). Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges January 2014 Meeting. Project Participants: Janet Jorgensen, USFWS Botanist
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Mountain top vegetation monitoring in Atigun GorgeField ReportMerrill Jensen(all photos taken by Merrill during the project) Friends of Alaska National Wildlife RefugesJanuary 2014 Meeting
Project Participants: Janet Jorgensen, USFWS Botanist Al Batten, UAF Herbarium Collections Manager – retired Heidi Helling, USFWS Wildlife Biologist Greta Burkhart, USFWS Aquatic Biologist Charlotte Henson, Volunteer Merrill Jensen, Horticulturist and Volunteer
Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) The purpose of GLORIA is to establish and maintain a world-wide long-term observation network in alpine environments. Vegetation and temperature data collected at the GLORIA sites will be used for discerning trends in species diversity and temperature. The data will be used to assess and predict losses in biodiversity and other threats to these fragile alpine ecosystems which are under accelerating climate change pressures. http://www.gloria.ac.at/
A square meter of ground, a historic data set, and a missing plant
With thanks…Friends of Alaska National Wildlife RefugesArctic National Wildlife RefugeU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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