Ecological Regions of the Northwest Territories, Northern Arctic
Author | : Northwest Territories. Ecosystem Classification Group |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Biotic communities |
ISBN | : 9780770802059 |
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Author | : Northwest Territories. Ecosystem Classification Group |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Biotic communities |
ISBN | : 9780770802059 |
Author | : Northwest Territories. Ecosystem Classification Group |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Biotic communities |
ISBN | : 9780770801991 |
Coniferous trees are restricted to locally warm, dry places on slopes and along rivers where they usually occur as stunted individuals or groves, twisted and sheared by cold winter winds bearing sharp ice crystals that cut needles and branchlets. Low-elevation wet coastal plains, glacial till blankets, glacial outwash features, weather-worn plateaus that have been ice-free for hundreds of thousands of years, rocky barrens and river valleys add physical, biological and visual diversity to this unique northern landscape."--Preface.
Author | : Northwest Territories, Ecosystem Classification Group Staff |
Publisher | : Department of Environment and Natural Resources Goverment. of Northwest Territories |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Ecological zones |
ISBN | : 9780770801731 |
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Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Ecological zones |
ISBN | : 9780770801618 |
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Publisher | : Department of Environment and Natural Resources Goverment. of Northwest Territories |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Cordillera |
ISBN | : 9780770801885 |
"The mountains of the Northwest Territories (NWT) are collectively called the Cordillera. This area forms a semi-circle of high plateaus, jagged peaks and river valleys along the western NWT border and extends east of the Mackenzie River to include the Franklin Mountains. The Cordillera influences the climate and drainages of the Taiga Plains to the east. The region displays an exceptional assemblage of boreal and subarctic mountain landscapes and ecosystem diversity. Under the new ecosystem classification the NWT Cordillera is unique in that it contains portions of three level I ecoregions: Tundra, Taiga and Northwest Forested Mountains. Nested respectively within each of these level I ecoregions is the Tundra Cordillera, Taiga Cordillera and Boreal Cordillera level II ecoregions.
Author | : Northwest Territories. Ecosystem Classification Group |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2009 |
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Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biogeography |
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This volume represents a first attempt at holistically classifying and mapping ecological regions across all three countries of the North American continent. A common analytical methodology is used to examine North American ecology at multiple scales, from large continental ecosystems to subdivisions of these that correlate more detailed physical and biological settings with human activities on two levels of successively smaller units. The volume begins with an overview of North America from an ecological perspective, concepts of ecological regionalization. This is followed by descriptions of the 15 broad ecological regions, including information on physical and biological setting and human activities. The final section presents case studies in applications of the ecological characterization methodology to environmental issues. The appendix includes a list of common and scientific names of selected species characteristic of the ecological regions.
Author | : William C. Wonders |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 471 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Canada (Nord). |
ISBN | : 0773525904 |
When Canada's Changing North was first published in 1971, it quickly became a popular and reliable overview of the geography and culture of the Canadian North. In the three decades since it first appeared, great changes have occurred in this huge region that makes up two thirds of Canada's total area. This revised and expanded edition provides a new generation with a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the Canadian North and outlines how this region has become increasingly integrated into both the Canadian national fabric and the world. the legal recognition of aboriginal rights by the Canadian state, which has led directly to significant increases in their political and economic power. It also examines how economic development, which has long focused on non-renewable natural resources, particularly minerals, has grown to an enormous scale. Development of arctic oil and gas, which hinges on world supplies and national and international politics, has meant major changes across the North. Some of the new national parks in the Canadian North are already under threat from mineral development. Northern tourism has made it possible for a wide variety of affluent visitors to visit hitherto remote areas, affecting the ecology. The final selection, on northern challenges, discusses critical issues such as the impact of climatic change, the social needs (e.g. housing, education) of a rapidly increasing aboriginal population, environmental protection of unique regions, and defence of Arctic sovereignty. Of the 62 readings in this edition, 41 are new.
Author | : Gisele M. Arruda |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2019-11-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1000733955 |
This book examines the nature of the ‘energy curriculum’ in Arctic Higher Education and provides invaluable data and new models to assess levels of Sustainable Development Literacy. Drawing on course mapping conducted in Higher Education institutions across the Arctic, Arruda looks at the nature, structure, and design of the Arctic Higher Education curriculum in order to assess levels of Sustainable Development Literacy and considers the extent to which Arctic Higher Education courses align to UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Using data from four key case studies in Norway, Canada, and the US, and applying a framework drawn from different knowledge systems (Traditional Knowledge and Western educational system), she analyses the different educational approaches and pedagogies used and specifically considers how Higher Education in this region can contribute to the accomplishment of Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. The book concludes by proposing new models to assess Higher Education adherence to ESD and outlines how a culturally inclusive curriculum can invite different groups of people to engage in a meaningful Sustainable Development debate, learning experience, and knowledge application. This innovative volume will be of great interest to multicultural students, scholars, and educators of Sustainable Development, climate change, energy, Arctic studies, and global Higher Education across the Arctic and non-Arctic nations.
Author | : Jinyang Du |
Publisher | : MDPI |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2019-11-14 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3039215701 |
This Special Issue gathers papers reporting recent advances in the remote sensing of cold regions. It includes contributions presenting improvements in modeling microwave emissions from snow, assessment of satellite-based sea ice concentration products, satellite monitoring of ice jam and glacier lake outburst floods, satellite mapping of snow depth and soil freeze/thaw states, near-nadir interferometric imaging of surface water bodies, and remote sensing-based assessment of high arctic lake environment and vegetation recovery from wildfire disturbances in Alaska. A comprehensive review is presented to summarize the achievements, challenges, and opportunities of cold land remote sensing.