Geographical and ecological relationships of the arctic-alpine vascular flora and vegetation, Arrigetch Peaks region, central Brooks Range, Alaska
Cooper DJ. 1989. Geographical and ecological relationships of the arctic-alpine vascular flora and vegetation, Arrigetch Peaks region, central Brooks Range, Alaska. Journal of Biogeography. 16(3):279-295
(Adapted from author's abstract.) An analysis of the geographical affinities of the dominant and characteristic taxa in the 43 plant associations dominated by vascular taxa that occur in the Arrigetch Peaks region was done. Well drained and poorly drained late lying snow beds, subnival ridges, screes, south-facing bluffs, meadows, and calcareous and non-calcareous ridges are dominated and/or characterized by Beringian or Alaska-Yukon endemic taxa. These taxa and associations occupy most of the stable sites, while circumpolar arctic-montane taxa dominate unstable slopes, cold and wet fens, marshes, and a few stable rock outcrops.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Cooper, David
- Units
- GAAR
- Keywords
- Arrigetch Peaks, Beringia, Brooks Range, Distribution, Flora, Gates Of The Arctic National Park And Preserve, Phytogeography, Plants, Tundra, Vegetation