The Reindeer Botanist : Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977
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...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.k1ej8w 2023-05-15T14:52:16+02:00 The Reindeer Botanist : Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977 The Reindeer Botanist: ALF Erling Porsild, 1901-1977 Dathan, Wendy 2012-11-01 https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6cfr0q https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/860f1f64-1edf-4578-af1d-e9ab1855c602/assets/external_content.pdf https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/860f1f64-1edf-4578-af1d-e9ab1855c602 en eng University of Calgary Press ISBN:9781552385876 doi:https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6cfr0q 10670/1.k1ej8w https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/860f1f64-1edf-4578-af1d-e9ab1855c602/assets/external_content.pdf https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/860f1f64-1edf-4578-af1d-e9ab1855c602 lic_creative-commons Open Research Library geo archi Book https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_2f33/ 2012 fttriple https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6cfr0q 2023-01-22T17:27:31Z 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 Unknown Alf ENVELOPE(-86.117,-86.117,-77.917,-77.917) Arctic Canada Greenland Northwest Territories |
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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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