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Herschel Island — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Herschel Island

Part of: northern Canada

Scale: site

Habitat: tundra

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

Publications (2)

Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size related traits across the tundra biome

2018Global ecology and biogeographysecondary site

Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

2012Nature Climate Changestudy site

Species Studied Here

vascular plants

2 shared papers

Vaccinium

Ericaceae2 shared papers

Cassiope tetragona

Ericaceae2 shared papers

Saxifraga oppositifolia

Saxifragaceae2 shared papers

Various tundra plant species

2 shared papers

Saxifraga bryoides

Agrostis

Poaceae1 shared paper

Betula nana

Betulaceae1 shared paper

Sphagnum

Sphagnaceae1 shared paper

fish and wildlife