A characterization of vegetation patterns related to retrogressive thaw slumps on Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada

• Main Author: Cray, Heather
• Other Authors: Wayne H Pollard (Internal/Supervisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2013
• Subjects: Earth Sciences - Physical Geography; Arctic; Canada; Herschel Island; Yukon; Arctique*; Climate change; Herschel; Ice; permafrost; toundra; Tundra; pergélisol
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=114343

Since vegetation exerts strong controls on local ecosystem processes, understanding the effects of disturbance on short-term and long-term revegetation patterns is a critical component of understanding the effects of climate change on the Arctic. Arctic landscapes underlain by massive ground ice and...