Tundra Fire Effects on Soils and Three Plant Communities along a Hill-Slope Gradient in the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

During summer 1977, wildfires burned extensive areas of low arctic tundra in the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. The present study was initiated in July 1978 to determine the effects of these fires on tundra soils and vegetation. Nine 10 m x 1 m permanent belt transects were established at regular interva...

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Veröffentlicht in:Arctic. - Arctic Institute of North America. - 34(1981), 1, Seite 71-84
1. Verfasser: Racine, Charles H. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1981
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Arctic
Schlagworte:tundra fire revegetation post-fire succession tundra vegetation tundra soils Biological sciences Health sciences Physical sciences