The spatial relationships among vegetation phenology, plant community composition and environment at a High Arctic oasis

• Main Author: Bean, David
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Alexandra Fiord; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Cassiope tetragona; Global warming; Saxifraga oppositifolia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12337

Environmental changes resulting from global warming are predicted to be most intense at high latitudes and this has considerable implications for the vegetation in the High Arctic. The relationships among plant community structure, diversity, phenology, and abiotic factors including snowmelt pattern...