Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Volume 44, Issue 1 (2012)

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In Memoriam (Addendum)

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James Bell Benedict 11 November 1938 to 8 March 2011
Peter W. Birkeland
Page: 1
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
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Research Articles

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Primary Succession of Surface Active Beetles and Spiders in an Alpine Glacier Foreland, Central South Norway
Anders Thon Bråten, Daniel Flø, Sigmund Hågvar, Oddvar Hanssen, Christian E. Mong & Kjetil Aakra
Pages: 2-15
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforPrimary Succession of Surface Active Beetles and Spiders in an Alpine Glacier Foreland, Central South Norway | Full Text | References | PDF (832.2 KB)
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Stem Secondary Growth of Tundra Shrubs: Impact of Environmental Factors and Relationships with Apical Growth
Matteo Campioli, Niki Leblans & Anders Michelsen
Pages: 16-25
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforStem Secondary Growth of Tundra Shrubs: Impact of Environmental Factors and Relationships with Apical Growth | Full Text | References | PDF (791.5 KB)
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Do High-Elevation Northern Red Oak Tree-Rings Share a Common Climate-Driven Growth Signal?
Christopher J. Crawford
Pages: 26-35
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforDo High-Elevation Northern Red Oak Tree-Rings Share a Common Climate-Driven Growth Signal? | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB)
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Physics of a Thick Seasonal Snowpack with Possible Implications for Snow Algae
Adrienne Dove, Jennifer Heldmann, Christopher McKay & Owen B. Toon
Pages: 36-49
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
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Effect of Drought Conditions on Plankton Community and on Nutrient Availability in an Oligotrophic High Mountain Lake
Fátima García-Jurado, Inmaculada de Vicente, Andrea Galotti, Andreas Reul, Francisco Jiménez-Gómez & Francisco Guerrero
Pages: 50-61
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforEffect of Drought Conditions on Plankton Community and on Nutrient Availability in an Oligotrophic High Mountain Lake | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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Plant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya
Petr Macek, Leoš Klimeš, Lubomír Adamec, Jiří Doležal, Zuzana Chlumská, Francesco de Bello, Miroslav Dvorský & Klára Řeháková
Pages: 62-66
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforPlant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya | Full Text | References | PDF (314.8 KB)
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Effects of Sheep Grazing on Availability and Leaching of Soil Nitrogen in Low-Alpine Grasslands
Vegard Martinsen, Jan Mulder, Gunnar Austrheim, Dag O. Hessen & Atle Mysterud
Pages: 67-82
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforEffects of Sheep Grazing on Availability and Leaching of Soil Nitrogen in Low-Alpine Grasslands | Full Text | References | PDF (424.2 KB)
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Simulated Internal Storage Buildup, Release, and Runoff from Greenland Ice Sheet at Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland
Sebastian H. Mernild, Glen E. Liston & Michiel van den Broeke
Pages: 83-94
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforSimulated Internal Storage Buildup, Release, and Runoff from Greenland Ice Sheet at Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland | Full Text | References | PDF (3.4 MB)
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Physical, Chemical, and Thermal Properties of Soils across a Forest-Meadow Ecotone in the Uinta Mountains, Northeastern Utah, U.S.A.
Jeffrey S. Munroe
Pages: 95-106
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforPhysical, Chemical, and Thermal Properties of Soils across a Forest-Meadow Ecotone in the Uinta Mountains, Northeastern Utah, U.S.A. | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB)
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Changes of High Altitude Glaciers from 1969 to 2010 in the Trans-Himalayan Kang Yatze Massif, Ladakh, Northwest India
Susanne Schmidt & Marcus Nüsser
Pages: 107-121
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforChanges of High Altitude Glaciers from 1969 to 2010 in the Trans-Himalayan Kang Yatze Massif, Ladakh, Northwest India | Full Text | References | PDF (4.1 MB)
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Energy and Mass Balance of Forni Glacier (Stelvio National Park, Italian Alps) from a Four-Year Meteorological Data Record
Antonella Senese, Guglielmina Diolaiuti, Claudia Mihalcea & Claudio Smiraglia
Pages: 122-134
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforEnergy and Mass Balance of Forni Glacier (Stelvio National Park, Italian Alps) from a Four-Year Meteorological Data Record | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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Phenological Changes in Alpine Plants in Response to Increased Snowpack, Temperature, and Nitrogen
Jane G. Smith, Warren Sconiers, Marko J. Spasojevic, Isabel W. Ashton & Katharine N. Suding
Pages: 135-142
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforPhenological Changes in Alpine Plants in Response to Increased Snowpack, Temperature, and Nitrogen | Full Text | References | PDF (269.7 KB)
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Canopy Rainfall Interception and Fog Capture by Pinus pumila Regal at Mt. Tateyama in the Northern Japan Alps, Japan
Yoshitoshi Uehara & Atsushi Kume
Pages: 143-150
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforCanopy Rainfall Interception and Fog Capture by Pinus pumila Regal at Mt. Tateyama in the Northern Japan Alps, Japan | Full Text | References | PDF (596.8 KB)
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Stefansson, Dr Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1918. A Story of Exploration, Science and Sovereignty. By Stuart E. Jenness.
Gatineau, Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Mercury History Paper 56, 2011. 415 pp. $39.95 (softcover). ISBN 978-0-660-19971-9
John T. Andrews
Page: 151
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
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Climate Change in the Polar Regions. By John Turner and Gareth J. Marshall
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. 434 pp. $115 (hardcover). ISBN 978-0-521-85010-0
Roger G. Barry
Pages: 151-152
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
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Pages: 153-154
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
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