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- Title
Taiga Ecosystems in Interior Alaska.
- Authors
Van Cleve, K.; Dyrness, C. T.; Viereck, L. A.; Fox, J.; Chapin, III, F. S.; Oechel, W.
- Abstract
For several years the University of Alaska and the Institute of Northern Forestry (USDA Forest Service) have conducted a multidisciplinary study of interior-Alaska forest ecosystems, especially the black spruce type. Black spruce forests are widespread in interior Alaska and are the most fire-prone forest type. They are also the most nutrient-limited and least productive forest type, especially in the late stages of succession. Ecosystem differences in productivity and degree of nutrient limitation are controlled mainly by soil and forest-floor temperatures. (Accepted for publication 3 August 1982)
- Subjects
UNITED States; ALASKA; BIOTIC communities; POPULATION biology; UNITED States. Forest Service; BLACK spruce; FORESTS &; forestry; NATURAL resources; WILDLIFE conservation
- Publication
BioScience, 1983, Vol 33, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1309243