Observations on the Vegetation of Finmark
1932; Wiley; Volume: 20; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2256086
ISSN1365-2745
AutoresWilliam Leach, Nicholas Polunin,
Tópico(s)Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
ResumoTHE present account of the vegetation of Finmark is based on notes made by the writers during a visit to that region, in the summer of 1930, as members of the Oxford University Expedition to Lapland. The work carried out, the results of which are about to be described, was of necessity mainly of the nature of a very cursory reconnaissance. This was because circumstances usually rendered impossible the staying in areas that appeared to be especially promising vegetationally, for periods long enough for the making of anything approaching detailed studies. In spite of this, however, a number of observations were recorded which should be of some interest to ecologists unfamiliar with the vegetation of Northern Scandinavia. It has been considered most convenient to divide this account into three sections dealing respectively with (a) the Vegetation of the Billefjordelv region, (b) the Vegetation of the Lakselv region, and (c) the Vegetation of Central Finmark between the Karasjokka and the Kautokeino rivers. A stay of four days in the first of these regions allowed of the study in some 'detail of certain aspects of the vegetation. Similarly the somewhat detailed nature of section (b) was rendered possible by a short stay at Lakselv. With regard to section (c) the area is of considerable magnitude and uniformity and is here treated much more cursorily, since it will be separately described, together with the vegetation of Troms, by one of us (N. P.).
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