Plant succession on an active tundra mud slump, Garry Island, Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Author: Lambert, J. D. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1976
• Subjects: Plant Science; Garry; Garry Island; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; Arctagrostis latifolia; Eriophorum scheuchzeri; Mackenzie river; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b76-189; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b76-189

The vegetation in the latter stages of an active mud slump of known age on Garry Island, Mackenzie River Delta, N.W.T., is described using principal-component analysis. Three associations are recognized. Senecio congestus and isolated hummocks with dwarf shrub – heath vegetation dominate during the...