Vegetation re-establishment in polar “lichen-kill” landscapes: a case study of the Little Ice Age impact

It has been accepted that the extremely sparse vegetation currently observed in Canadian polar deserts is due to prevailing unfavourable climatic conditions, inhibiting plant establishment, growth and survival. Less considered in the literature is the additional antagonistic factor of episodic adver...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Lévesque, Esther, Svoboda, Josef
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1999
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Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2234
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v18i2.6578