Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Nide 1Routledge, 2005 - 2278 sivua "The Encyclopedia of the Arctic offers a rich and dynamic view of, and introduction to, an enormous, incredibly diverse, and rapidly changing part of the world. Its three volumes comprise overviews of hundreds of topics, events, places, people, human cultures, animals, and environments, ranging from geological history, exploration, the cultures and livelihoods of indigenous peoples, geopolitics, international environmental cooperation, natural history, physical processes, life sciences, and environmental change."--Page xxxix. |
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... tundra describes the cir- cumpolar transition zone between boreal forest and the tundra of the Low Arctic ( or southern tundra ) . It includes two important subzones : the forest subzone ( southern forest - tundra ) and the shrub ...
... tundra describes the cir- cumpolar transition zone between boreal forest and the tundra of the Low Arctic ( or southern tundra ) . It includes two important subzones : the forest subzone ( southern forest - tundra ) and the shrub ...
Sivu 514
... tundra is an impor- tant winter pasture for domesticated and wild reindeer , muskox , and snow sheep . Dry tundra diversity both in community structure and species composition is espe- cially high in the northeastern Asia . There are ...
... tundra is an impor- tant winter pasture for domesticated and wild reindeer , muskox , and snow sheep . Dry tundra diversity both in community structure and species composition is espe- cially high in the northeastern Asia . There are ...
Sivu 676
... tundra and taiga . Another factor that contributes to the abundance of surface water on the summer Arctic tundra is the often gentle slope of the land . Rain and meltwaters tend to remain where they occur and to accumulate rather than ...
... tundra and taiga . Another factor that contributes to the abundance of surface water on the summer Arctic tundra is the often gentle slope of the land . Rain and meltwaters tend to remain where they occur and to accumulate rather than ...
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