Chisana Caribou Herd Habitat and Diet Data from Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska

The Department of the Interior dataset documents habitat condition and diet for the Chisana caribou herd in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. It includes deliverables such as certified fecal pellet data, vegetation plot forms, photographs, and spatial layers for landcover and herd range. The dataset was last updated on March 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling caribou habitat suitability based on the landcover classification and major ecotypes layers.
• Analyzing seasonal diet composition based on certified fecal pellet laboratory data.
• Mapping herd movement and range boundaries using the provided spatial dataset.
• Conducting vegetation community analysis from data collected in vegetation plots.

Strengths

• Includes multiple certified datasets for vegetation and fecal pellets, suggesting quality control.
• Contains diverse data types including spatial layers, tabular data, photographs, and documentation.
• Managed by the Department of the Interior, indicating an authoritative source.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Collection Method

Field collection of fecal pellets and vegetation plot data, followed by laboratory analysis and geospatial processing.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-04 01:02:40.711182; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, specifically the range of the Chisana caribou herd.