Reindeer Vegetation and Range Community Surveys; USDA/SCS
Entry ID: EARTH_OCEAN_SCS_Reindeer_Range

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Summary
Abstract: This report is a collection of vegetation and range community
studies conducted throughout Alaska, with special emphasis on
reindeer habitat and associated vegetation.

Geographic Coverage
 N: 73.0 S: 51.0  E: -130.0  W: 170.0

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1978-01-01


Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA


Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE >CROP/PLANT YIELDS >RANGELAND    [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >ALPINE/TUNDRA    [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >BIOMASS    [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >VEGETATION COVER    [Definition]
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES >MAMMALS >EVEN-TOED UNGULATES >DEER/MOOSE >REINDEER
BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >COMMUNITY DYNAMICS >COMMUNITY STRUCTURE    [Definition]


ISO Topic Category
FARMING
BIOTA
ECONOMY


Platform
AIRCRAFT    [Information]
GROUND STATIONS    [Information]


Keywords
AEDD
ALASKA
ALASKA DIRECTORY
ANIMAL
ARCTIC
ENVIRONMENT
HABITAT
LANDCOVER
MAMMAL
MAMMAL POPULATION
MAPS/CHARTS
MARINE
NUNIVAK ISLAND
OCEAN
RANGE
REINDEER
SEWARD PENINSULA
VEGETATION
WILDLIFE
WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTION
CONSERVATION


Originating Center
USDA/SCS/ALASKA


Data Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service-Alaska, U. S. Department of Agriculture    [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.ak.nrcs.usda.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: J. DAVID SWANSON
Phone: (907) 271-2424
Contact Address:
USDA-Soil Conservation Service
201 East 9th, Suite 300
City: Anchorage
Province or State: AK
Postal Code: 99501-3687
Country: USA


Publications/References
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) publications written by the MODIS Science Team: [available online at http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci_team/pubs/]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2000, MODIS data products catalog (EOS AM platform): [Greenbelt, Maryland], Goddard Space Flight Center, http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/index.php.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, revised 2004, EOS Reference Handbook, a Guide to NASA's Earth Science Enterprise and the Earth Observing System: Greenbelt, Maryland, Goddard Space Flight Center, 261 p. [available online in pdf format at http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp_docs/data_products_1.pdf].

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2000, EOS Reference Handbook, a Guide to NASA's Earth Science Enterprise and the Earth Observing System: Greenbelt, Maryland, Goddard Space Flight Center, 256 p. [available online in pdf format at http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp_docs/data_products_vol2.pdf].

Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-11-14
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-01-31

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