Cassiope tetragona and climate change in the Canadian High Arctic : experimental studies and reconstruction of past climate for Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

This research examines the responses of the circumpolar, evergreen, dwarf-shrub, Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. Don (Ericaceae) (arctic White heather) to experimental warming and natural climatic variability through dendrochronological techniques. The study's goals were: (1) to quantify C. tetragon...

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Main Author: Rayback, Shelly A.
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14772