Taiga ecosystems in Interior Alaska
Van Cleve K, Dyrness CT, Viereck LA, Fox J, Chapin FS, Oechel W. 1983. Taiga ecosystems in Interior Alaska. BioScience. 33(1):39-44
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 wide-spread 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.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Van Cleve, K; Dyrness, C; Viereck, L; Fox, J; Chapin, F; Oechel, W
- Units
- CAKN , DENA , WRST , YUCH
- Keywords
- Composition, Nutrients, Productivity, Subarctic, Succession, Vegetation