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New Issue Available
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
Volume 41, Number 2

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The May 2009 issue of the journal "Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine
Research" (AAAR) is now available from the Institute of Arctic and
Alpine Research at the University of Colorado Boulder. To view the
journal and for further information, please go to:
http://instaar.colorado.edu/AAAR/index.html.

Contents of this issue include:

  • Dag W. Aksnes and Dag O. Hessen:
    "The Structure and Development of Polar Research (1981-2007): a
    Publication-Based Approach."

  • M. F. Arndal, L. Illeris, A. Michelsen, K. Albert, M. Tamstorf, and
    B.U. Hansen:
    "Seasonal Variation in Gross Ecosystem Production, Plant Biomass, and
    Carbon and Nitrogen Pools in Five High Arctic Vegetation Types."

  • Gonzalo Barcaza, Masamu Aniya, Takane Matsumoto, and Tatsuto Aoki:
    "Satellite-Derived Equilibrium Lines in Northern Patagonia Icefield,
    Chile, and Their Implications to Glacier Variations."

  • Katie M. Becklin and Candace Galen:
    "Intra- and Inter-specific Variation in Mycorrhizal Associations Across
    a Heterogeneous Habitat Gradient in Alpine Plant Communities."

  • Colleen M. Flanagan, Diane M. McKnight, Daniel Liptzin, Mark W.
    Williams, and Matthew P. Miller:
    "Response of the Phytoplankton Community in an Alpine Lake to Drought
    Conditions: Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Range, USA."

  • Joseph L. Fox and Tsechoe Dorji:
    "Traditional Hunting of Tibetan Antelope, Its Relation to Antelope
    Migration, and Its Rapid Transformation in the Western Chang Tang Nature
    Reserve."

  • Ken Green and Catherine Marina Pickering:
    "The Decline of Snowpatches in the Snowy Mountains of Australia:
    Importance of Climate Warming, Variable Snow, and Wind."

  • Sigmund Hagvar, Torstein Solhoy, and Christian E. Mong:
    "Primary Succession of Soil Mites (Acari) in a Norwegian Glacier
    Foreland, with Emphasis on Oribatid Species."

  • J. Todd Kemper and S. Ellen Macdonald:
    "Effects of Contemporary Winter Seismic Exploration on Low Arctic Plant
    Communities and Permafrost."

  • John W. Morgan and Vanessa Carnegie:
    "Backcountry Huts as Introduction Points for Invasion by Non-native
    Species into Subalpine Vegetation."

  • D. Scott Munro and Marzena Marosz-Wantuch:
    "Modeling Ablation on Place Glacier, British Columbia, from Glacier and
    Off-glacier Data Sets."

  • Alexander D. Ullrich, Ellen A. Cowan, Sarah D. Zellers, John M.
    Jaeger, and Ross D. Powell:
    "Intra-annual Variability in Benthic Foraminiferal Abundance in
    Sediments of Disenchantment Bay, an Alaskan Glacial Fjord."

  • Szymon Zubek, Janusz Blaszkowski, Anna Delimat, and Katarzyna Turnau:
    "Arbuscular Mycorrhizal and Dark Septate Endophyte Colonization along
    Altitudinal Gradients in the Tatra Mountains."

To view this issue, and for further information, please go to:
http://instaar.colorado.edu/AAAR/index.html.