A comparison of taiga flora in north‐eastern Russia and Alaska/Yukon

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Author: Swanson, David K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: Yukon; Bering Strait; Kolyma; Indigirka; Bering Land Bridge; taiga; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00901.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2699.2003.00901.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00901.x

Abstract Aim To understand the similarities and differences between the taiga floras of far north‐eastern Asia and north‐western North America in the light of their Tertiary and Quaternary histories. Does the taiga flora follow the tundra pattern (Asian–American commonality of species as a result of...