SOIL INSTABILITY IN TUNDRA VEGETATION*

• Main Authors: Sigafoos R. S, Knowledge Bank Kb. Osu. Edu, R. S. Sigafoos
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Four types of topography are represented on the Seward Peninsula; coastal plain; dissected uplands; Akpatok Island; Arctic; Brintnell Lake; Canada; Freed; Seward Peninsula; Tundra
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.607.354

Movement of the substratum and thawing of perennially frozen ground are of primary importance in northern latitudes in controlling the microdistribution of tundra vegetation. In middle latitudes, however, soil movement receives only minor attention in studies of vegetation, except in specialized hab...