From temperate rainforests to arctic tundra, a wealth of ecosystems span the vast and varied landscapes of Alaska. Among these are rare ecosystems, which support unique assemblages of specialized and/or diverse flora and fauna within a small...
In 2004, wildlife and land managers conducted a prescribed burn in the vicinity of the Alphabet Hills and west fork of the Gulkana River (hereafter referred to as the “Alphabet Hills study area”) to improve habitat for moose (*Alces alces*) and...
Research, conservation, and effective natural resource management often depend on maps that characterize patterns of vegetation composition. Quantitative and ecologically specific representations of plant proportional abundance have several...
The Alaska Center for Conservation Science (ACCS) at University of Alaska Anchorage conducted Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) in the Greater Moose’s Tooth – 2 (GMT-2) area for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) during 2019 and 2021. In...
*We do not plan further updates to the Alaska Vegetation and Wetland Composite (AKVWC). The AKVWC attempted to create a single composite map for Alaska by merging regional maps but doing so produced inconsistencies - abrupt spatial transitions...
The four host/damage type combinations that have contributed the largest areas of forest damage within the study area were correlated to their causal agent(s). Area of forest damage was calculated and described for each of the four most prevalent...
The Alaska Rare Plant Field guide provides information on the taxonomy, conservation status, distribution, morphology, and ecology of 80 rare vascular plant species of Alaska. Funding for the Alaska Rare Plant Field Guide was provided by the...