Vegetation Succession on Drained Lakes in Old Crow Flats, 2007-2009

• Main Authors: Nagwan, Lance, Lantz, Trevor, Tizya, Erika
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2011
• Subjects: Old Crow; Plant colonization; Plant succession; Soil temperature; Thermokarst; Vegetation; Yukon; International Polar Year-Yeendoo Nanh Nakhweenjit K'atr' ahanahtyaa Environmental change and traditional use of the Old Crow Flats in northern Canada; Canada; Old Crow Flats; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/1626; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=1626

Temperature increases in northern ecosystems are altering the freqeuncy of natural disturbance. Increased disturbance is likely to exert a strong influence on terrestrial vegetation. In the Old Crow Flats in the Northern Yukon, we investigated the effect of catastrophic lake drainage on plant commun...