Ecology of heath communities dominated by Cassiope tetragona at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Canada

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Authors: Nams, Margorie L. N., Freedman, Bill
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1987
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Greenland; Alexandra Fiord; Cassiope tetragona; Spitzbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1987.tb00734.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0587.1987.tb00734.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1987.tb00734.x

At a high arctic lowland on Ellesmere Island, heath communities dominated by Cassiope tetragona were widespread, and occurred in a variety of habitats that differred in time of snowmelt, relative site moisture, soil thaw depth, and air and soil temperature. Cover, standing crop, and production were...