Vegetation and Environmental Gradients of the Prudhoe Bay Region, Alaska

Contents: Description of the region: Topography, Geology, Climate, Soils, Wildlife, Oil-Field facilities, Environmental impacts; Microscale gradients; Plant communities along the major microscale gradients, Areal analysis of vegetation and other geobotanical units, Influence of microscale patterns o...

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Main Author: Walker,Donald A
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1985
Subjects:
Biology
*VEGETATION
*PLANTS(BOTANY)
ENVIRONMENTS
ALASKA
ABSTRACTS
TOPOGRAPHY
GEOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
SOILS
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
CLIMATE
PATTERNS
SUMMER
GRADIENTS
AST24
PE61102A
WU001
Prudhoe Bay
Salix lanata
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA162022
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA162022
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Summary:Contents: Description of the region: Topography, Geology, Climate, Soils, Wildlife, Oil-Field facilities, Environmental impacts; Microscale gradients; Plant communities along the major microscale gradients, Areal analysis of vegetation and other geobotanical units, Influence of microscale patterns on soil factors and individual plant taxa; Mesoscale gradients; Macroscale gradients; Floristic analysis, Growth of Salix lanata along the summer temperature gradient; Summary and conclusions; Appendix A: Annotated plant checklist for the Prudhoe Bay region; Appendix B: Environmental and species data for the permanent study plots; Appendix C: Environmental and vegetation data summaries for all stand types; Appendix D: Supplementary floristic data.

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