Bryophyte Communities and Traits from High-Arctic Tundra on Bylot Island

66 arctic tundra bryophyte communities were studied across a geomorphological gradient and a 15-year nutrient enrichment experiment. Vincent Maire measured eleven functional traits on 28 dominant species to analyze community responses to soil water, nitrogen, phosphorus, and herbivory. The dataset was last updated on June 20, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling community response to nutrient availability based on nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment data
• Analyzing functional trait contributions to species turnover and intraspecific variability
• Studying bryophyte community dynamics across soil water gradients
• Investigating the effects of herbivory on high-arctic tundra vegetation

Strengths

• Includes data from a 15-year long-term experiment
• Covers 66 distinct bryophyte communities
• Measures eleven functional traits across 28 dominant species

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Borealis Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Field study combining a long-term geomorphological gradient survey with a controlled nutrient enrichment experiment

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-20 04:11:41

Geography

Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada