The evolution and maintenance of white spruce woodlands on the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T., Canada

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Authors: Pearce, C. M., McLennan, D., Cordes, L. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1988
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1988.tb00807.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0587.1988.tb00807.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1988.tb00807.x

White spruce forests on the most elevated surfaces of the Mackenzie Delta are dying out and are being replaced by open spruce/lichen‐heath or spruce/bog woodlands. Soil profiles indicate that these woodlands have not received flood‐deposited sediments for many years. The active layer is only 20 to 5...