Ecoregions of Alaska

Ecoregions of Alaska
Author: Alisa L. Gallant
Publisher:
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1995
Genre: Biotic communities
ISBN:

A spatial analysis of regional ecological patterns in Alaska using analog and digital maps and descriptive information.

Alaska Trees and Shrubs

Alaska Trees and Shrubs
Author: Les Viereck
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2010-11-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 160223132X

Alaska Trees and Shrubs has been the definitive work on the woody plants of Alaska for more than three decades. This new, completely revised second edition provides updated information on habitat, as well as detailed descriptions of every tree or shrub species in the state. New distribution maps reflect the latest survey data, while the keys, glossary, and appendix on non-native plants make this the most useful guide to Alaska trees and shrubs ever published.

Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest

Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest
Author: F. Stuart Chapin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2006-01-12
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0195154312

The Boreal forest is the northern-most forest in the world, whose organisms and dynamics are shaped by low temperature and high latitude. The Alaskan Boreal forest is warming as rapidly as any place on earth, providing an opportunity to examine a biome as it adjusts to change. This book looks at this issue.