Plant community responses to disturbances in the western Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Bliss, L. C., Wein, Ross W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1972
• Subjects: Arctic Archipelago; Eriophorum; Mackenzie Delta; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b72-136; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b72-136

Data are presented on several current studies being conducted in the Mackenzie Delta and the Arctic Archipelago in relation to oil and gas exploration. Tundra fires destroy most of the aboveground plant cover and result in significant increases in depth of the active layer. Fire stimulated the growt...