The dataset “Glacier_National_Park_alpine_stream_sampling_watersheds,_2011-2013.shp” is a GIS shapefile of the drainage areas of each of the 129 alpine and glacial aquatic macroinvertebrate collection sites included in an analysis to test the prediction that glacier retreat reduces biodiversity in mountain ecosystems through the loss of uniquely adapted meltwater stream species in Glacier National Park, USA. In conjunction with the dataset “Minimum snow and ice coverage for GNP, 2003-2015”, this dataset was used to calculate the proportion of contemporary ice and snow coverage for each watershed drainage area.

The focus of this dataset is soil temperature collected on four mountain summits in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA from 2003 through 2018. Two summit sites were established in 2003 on Dancing Lady and Bison Mountain, east of the continental divide. Two additional summit sites were established in 2004 on Pitamakin and Mt. Seward, also east of the continental divide. These four summit sites comprise a target region set up in accordance with the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA). GLORIA was initiated by the University of Vienna in 2000 and protocols for operating target regions have been refined and revised since then. Sixty-nine GLORIA target regions now exist throughout the world; 16 are in the U.S.A. Current protocols are available at: https://gloria.ac.at/downloads/manual. Along with the plant surveys which took place every five years, temperature loggers were buried 10cm into the substrate on each aspect and on the highest point of each summit and set to record at one hour intervals. Some loggers were lost or their batteries failed before being replaced by new loggers but other logger locations recorded near continuous soil temperature readings since 2003. This will enable on site climate data to be used in analyzing the alpine plant data by looking for snow cover patterns and timing and length of growing season. These loggers were downloaded and replaced every 3-5 years and are currently still on site. A plant survey and temperature data recovery are planned for summer 2019.

This dataset is focused on alpine plant species presence/absence, species turnover, and trends in species abundance on four mountain summits in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA from 2003 through 2014. Two summit sites were established in 2003 on Dancing Lady and Bison Mountain, east of the continental divide. Two additional summit sites were established in 2004 on Pitamakin and Mt. Seward, also east of the continental divide. This multi-summit approach to monitoring alpine plant species follows the protocols of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) that were initiated by the University of Vienna in 2000 and which have been refined and revised since then. GLORIA summit sites now exist throughout the world. Current protocols are available at: https://gloria.ac.at/downloads/manual. Plant surveys took place every five years during peak alpine plant growing season in late July and August on all aspects of the summits using a combination of area surveys and meter plots. Temperature loggers were buried on each aspect and replaced every 3-5 years. To better track interannual variability, another band of plots was established below the summit plots in 2010 for Dancing Lady and 2011 to Pitamakin. These were surveyed every year until 2014. A total of 189 species were recorded for the four summit sites. Preliminary results indicated species turnover rates of 0-36% at the five year intervals, and 6-55% at the ten year interval. Annual turnover rates for the lower bands on Dancing Lady and Pitamakin were 2-18%. The NE aspects were most species rich and S aspects had the greatest turnover rates. Little difference was evident as a function of elevation. Additional surveys are planned for the summer of 2019.

This dataset is focused on alpine plant species presence/absence, species turnover, and trends in species abundance on four mountain summits in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. This dataset consists of data from 2019, the fourth survey of the project which is on a five year survey schedule. Two summit sites were established in 2003 on Dancing Lady and Bison Mountain, east of the continental divide. Two additional summit sites were established in 2004 on Pitamakin and Mt. Seward, also east of the continental divide. This multi-summit approach to monitoring alpine plant species follows the protocols of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) that were initiated by the University of Vienna in 2000 and which have been refined and revised since then. GLORIA summit sites now exist throughout the world. Current protocols are available at: https://gloria.ac.at/downloads/manual. Plant surveys took place every five years during peak alpine plant growing season in late July and August on all aspects of the summits using a combination of area surveys and meter plots. Temperature loggers were buried at a depth of 10cm on each aspect and replaced every 3-5 years. In 2019 a total of 145 species were recorded for the four summit sites. This data has not yet been analyzed in comparison to the previous datasets. Additional surveys are planned for the summer of 2024.

This dataset is focused on alpine plant species presence/absence, species turnover, and trends in species abundance on four mountain summits in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. This dataset consists of data from 2019, the fourth survey of the project which is on a five year survey schedule. Two summit sites were established in 2003 on Dancing Lady and Bison Mountain, east of the continental divide. Two additional summit sites were established in 2004 on Pitamakin and Mt. Seward, also east of the continental divide. This multi-summit approach to monitoring alpine plant species follows the protocols of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) that were initiated by the University of Vienna in 2000 and which have been refined and revised since then. GLORIA summit sites now exist throughout the world. Current protocols are available at: https://gloria.ac.at/downloads/manual. Plant surveys took place every five years during peak alpine plant growing season in late July and August on all aspects of the summits using a combination of area surveys and meter plots. Temperature loggers were buried at a depth of 10cm on each aspect and replaced every 3-5 years. In 2019 a total of 145 species were recorded for the four summit sites. This data has not yet been analyzed in comparison to the previous datasets. Additional surveys are planned for the summer of 2024.

This dataset is focused on alpine plant species presence/absence, species turnover, and trends in species abundance on four mountain summits in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. This dataset consists of data from 2019, the fourth survey of the project which is on a five year survey schedule. Two summit sites were established in 2003 on Dancing Lady and Bison Mountain, east of the continental divide. Two additional summit sites were established in 2004 on Pitamakin and Mt. Seward, also east of the continental divide. This multi-summit approach to monitoring alpine plant species follows the protocols of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) that were initiated by the University of Vienna in 2000 and which have been refined and revised since then. GLORIA summit sites now exist throughout the world. Current protocols are available at: https://gloria.ac.at/downloads/manual. Plant surveys took place every five years during peak alpine plant growing season in late July and August on all aspects of the summits using a combination of area surveys and meter plots. Temperature loggers were buried at 10cm depth on each aspect and replaced every 3-5 years. In 2019 a total of 145 species were recorded for the four summit sites. This data has not yet been analyzed in comparison to the previous datasets. Additional surveys are planned for the summer of 2024.

This dataset is focused on alpine plant species presence/absence, species turnover, and trends in species abundance on four mountain summits in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. This dataset consists of data from 2019, the fourth survey of the project which is on a five year survey schedule. Two summit sites were established in 2003 on Dancing Lady and Bison Mountain, east of the continental divide. Two additional summit sites were established in 2004 on Pitamakin and Mt. Seward, also east of the continental divide. This multi-summit approach to monitoring alpine plant species follows the protocols of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) that were initiated by the University of Vienna in 2000 and which have been refined and revised since then. GLORIA summit sites now exist throughout the world. Current protocols are available at: https://gloria.ac.at/downloads/manual. Plant surveys took place every five years during peak alpine plant growing season in late July and August on all aspects of the summits using a combination of area surveys and meter plots. Temperature loggers were buried at 10cm depth on each aspect and replaced every 3-5 years. In 2019 a total of 145 species were recorded for the four summit sites. This data has not yet been analyzed in comparison to the previous datasets. Additional surveys are planned for the summer of 2024.

This dataset is focused on alpine plant species presence/absence, species turnover, and trends in species abundance on four mountain summits in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA from 2003 through 2014. Two summit sites were established in 2003 on Dancing Lady and Bison Mountain, east of the continental divide. Two additional summit sites were established in 2004 on Pitamakin and Mt. Seward, also east of the continental divide. This multi-summit approach to monitoring alpine plant species follows the protocols of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) that were initiated by the University of Vienna in 2000 and which have been refined and revised since then. GLORIA summit sites now exist throughout the world. Current protocols are available at: https://gloria.ac.at/downloads/manual. Plant surveys took place every five years during peak alpine plant growing season in late July and August on all aspects of the summits using a combination of area surveys and meter plots. Temperature loggers were buried on each aspect and replaced every 3-5 years. To better track interannual variability, another band of plots was established below the summit plots in 2010 for Dancing Lady and 2011 to Pitamakin. These were surveyed every year until 2014. A total of 189 species were recorded for the four summit sites. Preliminary results indicated species turnover rates of 0-36% at the five year intervals, and 6-55% at the ten year interval. Annual turnover rates for the lower bands on Dancing Lady and Pitamakin were 2-18%. The NE aspects were most species rich and S aspects had the greatest turnover rates. Little difference was evident as a function of elevation. Additional surveys are planned for the summer of 2019.

This dataset is focused on alpine plant species presence/absence, species turnover, and trends in species abundance on four mountain summits in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA from 2003 through 2014. Two summit sites were established in 2003 on Dancing Lady and Bison Mountain, east of the continental divide. Two additional summit sites were established in 2004 on Pitamakin and Mt. Seward, also east of the continental divide. This multi-summit approach to monitoring alpine plant species follows the protocols of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) that were initiated by the University of Vienna in 2000 and which have been refined and revised since then. GLORIA summit sites now exist throughout the world. Current protocols are available at: https://gloria.ac.at/downloads/manual. Plant surveys took place every five years during peak alpine plant growing season in late July and August on all aspects of the summits using a combination of area surveys and meter plots. Temperature loggers were buried on each aspect and replaced every 3-5 years. To better track interannual variability, another band of plots was established below the summit plots in 2010 for Dancing Lady and 2011 to Pitamakin. These were surveyed every year until 2014. A total of 189 species were recorded for the four summit sites. Preliminary results indicated species turnover rates of 0-36% at the five year intervals, and 6-55% at the ten year interval. Annual turnover rates for the lower bands on Dancing Lady and Pitamakin were 2-18%. The NE aspects were most species rich and S aspects had the greatest turnover rates. Little difference was evident as a function of elevation. Additional surveys are planned for the summer of 2019.

The focus of this dataset is soil temperature collected on four mountain summits in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA from 2014 through 2019, with data from one older logger included with a date range of 2006 to 2009. Two summit sites were established in 2003 on Dancing Lady and Bison Mountain, east of the continental divide. Two additional summit sites were established in 2004 on Pitamakin and Mt. Seward, also east of the continental divide. These four summit sites comprise a target region set up in accordance with the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA). GLORIA was initiated by the University of Vienna in 2000 and protocols for operating target regions have been refined and revised since then. Sixty-nine GLORIA target regions now exist throughout the world; 16 are in the U.S.A. Current protocols are available at: https://gloria.ac.at/downloads/manual. Along with the plant surveys which took place every five years, temperature loggers were buried 10cm into the substrate on each aspect and on the highest point of each summit and set to record at one hour intervals. Logger locations collected in 2019 recorded near continuous soil temperature readings some since 2014. One logger which was previously thought lost was uncovered during the 2019 site visit and data included here. This will enable on site climate data to be used in analyzing the alpine plant data by looking for snow cover patterns and timing and length of growing season. These loggers were downloaded and replaced every 3-5 years and are currently still on site. A plant survey and temperature data recovery are planned for summer 2024.