Plant succession after active layer detachment slides, in high Arctic tundra, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Canada

• Main Author: Desforges, Manon
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Fosheim Peninsula; Hot Weather Creek; The Toe; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11275

Vegetation succession patterns and processes were studied after active layer detachment slides. These natural disturbances were grouped into four age categories in the valleys Hot Weather Creek and Big Slide Creek on the Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island (80°N). A time-space substitution was used...