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Disturbance and Recovery in Arctic Lands - An Ecological Perspective (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997)
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Disturbance and Recovery in Arctic Lands - An Ecological Perspective (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997)
Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2, 25
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The disturbance and recovery of arctic terrestrial ecosystems was
the subject of a NATO Advanced Workshop held at the Arctic Centr,
University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, in September 1995. The
object of the meeting was to bring together researchers on arctic
vegetation who share a concern for the preservation of arctic
ecosystems. A particular aim of the meeting was to involve as many
Russian colleagues as possible and to encourage younger scientists
currently active in the Russian Arctic to come to Rovaniemi and
make first-hand contact with colleagues from other countries with a
view to planning further collaboration. This volume of papers
therefore contains papers both from many younger researchers as
well as from those who have been active in arctic plant ecology for
many years. Disturbance is no new feature in the arctic
environment. The factors that create the arctic habitat include
marked climatic oscillations, physical disturbance and fluctuations
in herbivore populations. The combination of environmental stress
and disturbance from habitat instability and the possibility of
periods of intense grazing imposes a particularly testing blend of
adverse conditions for plant survival. The physical nature of the
terrain with constant soil movement through cryoperturbation and
solifluction contributes to the fragility of arctic habitats. To
this scenario we must add disturbance by man in the unending quest
for yet more natural resources, whether they be animal, vegetable
or mineral or merely the concept of environmental experience, as in
tourism.
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