Adaptations of Arctic and Alpine Plants to Environmental Conditions

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Bliss, L.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1962
• Subjects: Fast ice; Measurement; Pancake ice; Physical properties; Salinity; Sea ice; Spatial distribution; Strength; North Star Bugt; Greenland; Arctic; Canada; North Star; Pancake; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66614

Discusses tundra environments, i.e. beyond the climatic timberline, mostly in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and USSR, and various mechanisms used by plants in adapting to them. Despite a very short growing season with low air and soil temperatures, adverse wind effects, and a low nitrogen-utilization l...