November Issue of "Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research"
Volume 38, Number 4
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Contents of Volume 38, Number 4
Facilitation of Seedling Microsites by "Rhododendron caucasicum" Extends
the "Betula litwinowii" Alpine Treeline, Caucasus Mountains, Republic of
Georgia
By: Maia Akhalkatsi, Otar Abdaladze, George Nakhutsrishvili, and William
K. Smith
Multivariate Controls on the Incidence of Glacier Surging in the
Karakoram Himalaya
By: Nicholas E. Barrand and Tavi Murray
Melting Glaciers and Soil Development in the Proglacial Area Morteratsch
(Swiss Alps): I. Soil Type Chronosequence
By: Markus Egli, Michael Wernli, Christof Kneisel, and Wilfried Haeberli
Melting Glaciers and Soil Development in the Proglacial Area Morteratsch
(Swiss Alps): II. Modeling the Present and Future Soil State
By: Markus Egli, Michael Wernli, Christof Kneisel, Stefan Biegger, and
Wilfried Haeberli
Biogeochemical Characterization of an Undisturbed Highly Acidic,
Metal-rich Bryophyte Habitat, East-Central Alaska, U.S.A.
By: Larry P. Gough, Robert G. Eppinger, Paul H. Briggs, and Stuart Giles
Permafrost Destabilization and Thermokarst following Snow Fence
Installation, Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A.
By: Kenneth M. Hinkel and John K. Hurd, Jr.
Life in an African Alpine Habitat: Diurnal Activity Patterns of the Ice
Rat "Otomys sloggetti robertsi"
By: Andrea Hinze and Neville Pillay
Hydrography and Circulation of Ice-marginal Lakes at Bering Glacier,
Alaska, U.S.A.
By: Edward G. Josberger, Robert A Shuchman, Guy A. Meadows, Sean Savage,
and John Payne
Thermokarst Formation and Vegetation Dynamics Inferred from a
Palynological Study in Central Yakutia, Eastern Siberia, Russia
By: Fumitaka Katamura, Masami Fukuda, Nikolai P. Bosikov, Roman V.
Desyatkin, Toshio Nakamura, and Jun Moriizumi
Holocene Environmental and Climate History of Trettetjorn, a Low-alpine
Lake in Western Norway, Based on Subfossil Pollen, Diatoms, Oribatid
Mites, and Plant Macrofossils
By: Jorunn Larsen, Anne E. Bjune, and Arguitxu de la Riva Caballero
Establishment of "Pinus wallichiana" on a Himalayan Glacier Foreland:
Stochastic Distribution or Safe Sites?
By: Christian E. Mong and Ole R. Vetaas
Environmental Gradients, Fragmented Habitats, and Microbiota of a
Northern Ice Shelf Cryoecosystem, Ellesmere Island, Canada
By: Derek R. Mueller, Warwick F. Vincent, and Martin O. Jeffries
Pollen Limitation and Spatial Variation of Reproductive Success in the
Insect-pollinated Shrub "Chuquiraga oppositifolia" (Asteraceae) in the
Chilean Andes
By: Alejandro A. Munoz and Mary T. K. Arroyo
Climatic and Environmental Influences on Mountain Pine ("Pinus montana"
Miller) Growth in the Central Italian Alps
By: Manuela Pelfini, Giovanni Leonelli, and Maurizio Santilli
Long-term Abundance Patterns of Barren-ground Caribou Using Trampling
Scars on Roots of "Picea mariana" in the Northwest Territories, Canada
By: R. Zalatan, A. Gunn, and G. H. R. Henry
Cache Selection by Arctic Ground Squirrels Inhabiting Boreal-steppe
Meadows of Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada
By: Grant D. Zazula, Rolf W. Mathewes, and Alton S. Harestad