Disturbance and the Successional Response of Arctic Plants on Polar Desert Habitats

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Barrett, Paul, Schulten, Ronald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1975
• Subjects: Polar deserts; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Devon Island; Arctic Archipelago; Minuartia rubella; polar desert; Saxifraga oppositifolia; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65867

… The present authors have observed during several summer seasons disturbance-induced succession on the Truelove Lowland of Devon Island (76 N) in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. In this paper are presented the results of observations of the successional response of three vascular plant species on...