Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Nide 3Routledge, 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. |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 73
Sivu 1903
Mark Nuttall. SHRUB TUNDRA Shrub tundra is the major vegetation type of mesic ( moderately moist ) environments in the southernmost latitudes of the tundra zone . It is especially abundant in the broad amphi - Atlantic portion of the Low ...
Mark Nuttall. SHRUB TUNDRA Shrub tundra is the major vegetation type of mesic ( moderately moist ) environments in the southernmost latitudes of the tundra zone . It is especially abundant in the broad amphi - Atlantic portion of the Low ...
Sivu 2069
... tundra assemblages began to take shape . Contemporary tundra vegetation types range from tall shrub tundra ( 2-5 m high ) , to dwarf - shrub heath and dry tundra ( 5–20 cm high ) , and graminoid - moss tundra ( see Dry Tundra ; Dwarf ...
... tundra assemblages began to take shape . Contemporary tundra vegetation types range from tall shrub tundra ( 2-5 m high ) , to dwarf - shrub heath and dry tundra ( 5–20 cm high ) , and graminoid - moss tundra ( see Dry Tundra ; Dwarf ...
Sivu 2124
... tundra vegetation complexes in the Low Arctic consist of tussock tundra , sedge mead- ows , and shrub tundra . The High Arctic contains some isolated sedge meadow systems in so - called polar oases , but is primarily divided between ...
... tundra vegetation complexes in the Low Arctic consist of tussock tundra , sedge mead- ows , and shrub tundra . The High Arctic contains some isolated sedge meadow systems in so - called polar oases , but is primarily divided between ...
Sisältö
Thematic List of Entries xxiii | 1556 |
Map of Arctic Populations xliii | 1633 |
Map of Arctic Indigenous Peoples xliv | 2158 |
Tekijänoikeudet | |
2 muita osia ei näytetty
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
19th century aboriginal activities Alaska American Arctic Council Arctic Ocean Atlantic Baffin Baffin Island Barents Basin Bering birds breeding Canada Canadian Arctic Chukchi Chukotka Circumpolar climate coast communities Council culture Danish drift East eastern economic ecosystems edited environment environmental Eskimo established expedition exploration fish Further Reading Geographical glaciers global Greenland groups High Arctic hunting Iceland indigenous Inughuit Inuit Island Kamchatka Lake land language layer located mammals marine ment Moscow Museum National Native North America North Pole northern Northern Sea Route Northwest Norway Norwegian Nunavik Nunavut Nuuk obshchinas organization Peninsula permafrost plants polynyas population Press Québec region reindeer River Saami Sahtu Sakha Republic Sakhalin sea ice seals settlement shaman ship Siberia skuas snow social Society soil Soviet species station summer surface Svalbard taiga Taymyr temperature territory Thule tion tourism traditional tundra University whales winter Yakutia Yukon