Ecological Modifications Caused by the Removal of Tree and Shrub Canopies in the Mackenzie Delta

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Gill, Don
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1973
• Subjects: Active layer; Arctic; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; Mackenzie river; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65956

Environmental and floristic evidence is presented to show that after removal of the white spruce (Picea glauca) and willow-alder (Salix spp.-Alnus crispa) canopies from exposed sites in the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories, environmental degradation is such that secondary succession of l...