Productivity of Loessal Grasslands in the Kluane Lake Region, Yukon Territory, and the Beringian "Production Paradox"

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Laxton, N.F., Burn, C.R., Smith, C.A.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1996
• Subjects: Beringia; production paradox; cryosols; loess; Kluane Lake; Yukon Territory; Béringie; paradoxe de production; Lac Kluane; Territoire du Yukon; Les Prairies; Slims River; Yukon; Arctic; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64246

The Beringian "Production Paradox" is posed by abundant evidence that large ungulates populated unglaciated portions of northwestern North America and adjacent northeast Asia during the late Pleistocene, while botanical data from the same period suggest a poorly productive tundra environme...