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Series: Northern Lights Series; 14 ... : This well-researched book is the first biography of one of Canadas most remarkable botanists. Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) grew up on the Arctic Station in West Greenland and later served as curator of botany at the National Museum of Canada. He collected t...
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ftdatacite:10.11575/prism/34583 2023-11-05T03:39:03+01:00 The Reindeer Botanist: Alf Erling Porsild, 1901–1977 ... Dathan, Wendy 2012 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/34583 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/49303 en eng University of Calgary Press Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode cc-by-nc-nd-3.0 Porsild, A. E., 1901-1977 Botanists--Canada--Biography Scientists--Canada--Biography Botany--Canada, Northern Reindeer farming--Canada, Northern Canadian Reindeer Project-- History National Herbarium of Canada--History Book book Other 2012 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11575/prism/34583 2023-10-09T10:52:29Z Series: Northern Lights Series; 14 ... : This well-researched book is the first biography of one of Canadas most remarkable botanists. Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) grew up on the Arctic Station in West Greenland and later served as curator of botany at the National Museum of Canada. He collected thousands of specimens, greatly enlarging the National Herbarium and making it a superb research centre. For nearly twenty years, Porsild studied reindeer activities in Alaska and the Northwest Territories as part of the Reindeer Project designed to encourage grazing animal husbandry among aboriginal peoples. He published extensively, and his meticulous research and observations have particular relevance today with the growing concern over global warming in the Arctic. ... Book Arctic Global warming Greenland Northwest Territories Alaska DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Series: Northern Lights Series; 14 ... : This well-researched book is the first biography of one of Canadas most remarkable botanists. Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) grew up on the Arctic Station in West Greenland and later served as curator of botany at the National Museum of Canada. He collected thousands of specimens, greatly enlarging the National Herbarium and making it a superb research centre. For nearly twenty years, Porsild studied reindeer activities in Alaska and the Northwest Territories as part of the Reindeer Project designed to encourage grazing animal husbandry among aboriginal peoples. He published extensively, and his meticulous research and observations have particular relevance today with the growing concern over global warming in the Arctic. ... |
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