Major environmental influences on the pattern of Ledum groenlandicum in mire systems

• Author / Creator

  Karlin, Eric F.

• Doctoral thesis. Study of determine the cause of the pattern of Ledum groenlandicum in mires (peatlands). Field research centered primarily in two mire systems located in central Alberta. The influence of several major environmental variables on the plant's life cycle was studied.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Flora
  • Vegetation
  • Bogs
  • Marshes
  • Plants, Influence of the Environment on
  • Organic Terrain
  • Rivers, Fluviatile Deposits
  • Muskeg
  • Vegetation, Influence of the Environment on
  • Botany
  • Plants
  • Ericaceae
  • Heather
  • Bilberries
  • Wetlands
  • Peat

• Graduation date

  1978

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3DB7W197

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.