Ecology of a Polar Oasis

Multi-year of studies carried out from 1979 to 1985 in a terrestrial high-Arctic oasis, the vegetated lowland adjacent to Alexandra Fiord on the east coast of central Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories. Subjects covered include community and production ecology, autoecology and experimental studies and fauna, with appendices of lichens, bryophytes, vascular plants, terrestrial arthropods, birds and mammals.