Teaching

1. 1) Bliss, L.C. 1997. Arctic Ecosystems of North America. Polar and Alpine Tundra. Elsevier. Amsterdam. pp. 551-683. PDF
2. 2) Callaghan, T.V., Bjorn, L.O., Chapin III, F.S., et al. 2005. Chapter 7, Arctic tundra and polar desert ecosystems. Arctic Climate Impact Assessment - Scientific Report. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. pp. 243-352. PDF - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
3. 3) Chernov, Y.I., Matveyeva, N.V. 1997. Arctic ecosystems in Russia. Polar and Alpine Tundra. Elvesier. Amsterdam.3 pp. 361-507. PDF

Assigned pages are listed in the course schedule.

1. Aitchison, C.A. 2001. The effect of snow cover on small animals. in Snow Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Snow-covered Ecosystems. pp. 229-265. PDF
2. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Comiso, J.C., Epstein, H.E., Jia, G.J., Gens, R., Pinzon, J.E., Tucker, C.J., Tweedie, C.E., Webber, P.J. 2010. Circumpolar Arctic tundra vegetation change is linked to sea-ice decline. Earth Interactions. 14:(8):1-20. PDF
3. Bliss, L.C. 1997. Arctic Ecosystems of North America. in Polar and Alpine Tundra. pp. 551-683. PDF
4. Callaghan, T.V., Bjorn, L.O., Chapin III, F.S., Chernov, Y., Christensen, T.R., Huntley, B., Ims, R., Johanson, M., Riedlinger, D.J., Jonasson, S., Matveyeva, N., Oechel, W., Panikov, N., Shaver, G. 2005. Arctic tundra and polar desert ecosystems. in C. Symon, L. Arris, B. Heal (eds.) Arctic Climate Impact Assessment - Scientific Report. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. pp. 243-352. PDF - Website
5. Callaghan, T.V., Johansson, M., Brown, R.D., Groisman, P.Y., Labba, N., Radionov, V., Barry, R.G., Bulygina, O.N., Essery, R.L.H., Frolov, D.M., Golubev, V.N., Grenfell, T.C., Petrushina, M.N., Razuvaez, V.N., Robinson, D.A., Romanov, P., Shindell, D., Shmakin, A.B., Sokratov, S.A., Warren, S., Yang, D. 2011. The Changing Face of Arctic Snow Cover: A Synthesis of Observed and Projected Changes. Ambio. (40):17-31. PDF
6. Davis, N. 2001. When the Ground Freezes. in Permafrost: A Guide to Frozen Ground in Transition. pp. 45-99. PDF
7. Davis, N. (ed.) 2001. A short introduction to permafrost and seasonally frozen ground. in Permafrost: A Guide to Frozen Ground in Transition (pp. 15-44). pp. 1-14. PDF
8. Davis, T.N. (ed.) 2001. The whys and wherefores of permafrost. in Permafrost: A Guide to Frozen Ground in Transition. pp. 15-44. PDF
9. Ehrich, D., Henden, J.-A., Ims, R.A., Doronina, L.O., Killengren, S.T., Lecomte, N., Pokrovsky, I.G., Skogstad, G., Sokolov, A.A., Sokolov, V.A., Yoccoz, N.G. 2011. The importance of willow thickets for ptarmigan and hares in shrub tundra: the more the better?. Oecologia. (168):141-151. PDF
10. Elmendorf, S.C., Henry, G.H.R., Hollister, R.D., Björk, R.G., Bjorkman, A.D., Callaghan, T.V., Collier, L.S., Cooper, E.J., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Day, T.A., Fosaa, A.M., Gould, W.A., Grétarsdóttir, J., Harte, J., Hermanutz, L., Hik, D.S., Hofgaard, A., Jarrad, F., Jónsdóttir, I.S., Keuper, F., Klanderud, K., Klein, J.A., Koh, S., Kudo, G., Lang, S.I., Loewen, V., May, J.L., Mercado, J., Michelsen, A., Molau, U., Myers-Smith, I.H., Oberbauer, S.F., Pieper, S., Post, E., Rixen, C., Robinson, C.H., 2011. Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time. Ecology Letters. 15:164-175. PDF
11. Fierze, C., Armstrong, R.L., Durand, Y., Etchevers, P., Greene, E., McClung, D.M., Nishimura, K., Satyawali, P.K., Sokratov, S.A. 2009. The International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground. UNESCO-IHP. Paris. IHP-VII Technical Documents in Hydrology (No. 83, IACS Contribution No. 1). . PDF
12. Guthrie, R.D. 2001. Origin and causes of the mammoth steppe: a story of cloud cover, woolly mammal tooth pits, buckles, and inside-out Beringia. Quaternary Science Reviews. 20:549-574. PDF
13. Guthrie, R.D. 1982. Mammals of the mammoth steppe as paleoenvironmental indicators. in Paleoecology of Beringia. pp. 307-326. PDF
14. NRC, Orians, G., Albert, T., Brown, G., Cameron, R., Cochran, P., Gerlach, S., Gramling, R., Gryc, G., Hite, D., Kennicutt II, M., Lachenbruch, A., Lowry, L., L., M., Pielou, C., Sedingr, J., Lindstedt-Siva, K.J., Speer, L., Walker, D.A., NAS, N.A.o.S.-., NRC, N.R.C.-. 2003. Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope. National Academies Press. Washington, D.C. 288 . PDF - Website
15. Pomeroy, J.W., Brun, E. 2001. Physical properties of snow. in H.G. Jones, J.W. Pomeroy, D.A. Walker, R.W. Hoham (eds.) Snow Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Snow-covered Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. pp. 45-126. PDF
16. Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A., Maier, H.A. 2006. Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map. 1:4,000,000. PDF
17. Sturm, M., McFadden, J.P., Liston, G.E., Chapin III, F.S., Racine, C.H., Holmgren, J. 2001. Snow-shrub interactions in arctic tundra: a hypothesis with climatic implications. Journal of Climate. 14:336-344. PDF
18. Tape, K.D., Lord, R., Marshall, H.-P., Ruess, R.W. 2010. Snow-mediated ptarmigan browsing and shrub expansion in arctic Alaska. Ecoscience. (17):186-193. PDF
19. Tedrow, J.C.F. 1977. The tundra zone and its soils. in Soils of the Polar Landscapes. pp. 145-196. PDF
20. Walker, D.A., Billings, W.D., de Molenaar, J.G. 2001. Snow-vegetation interactions in tundra environments. in Snow Ecology. pp. 266-324. PDF - Google Books
21. Walker, D.A., Epstein, H.E., Romanovsky, V.E., Ping, C.L., Michaelson, G.J., Daanen, R.P., Shur, Y., Peterson, R.A., Krantz, W.B., Raynolds, M.K., Gould, W.A., Gonzalez, G., Nicolsky, D.J., Vonlanthen, C.M., Kade, A.N., Kuss, P., Kelley, A.M., Munger, C.A., Tarnocai, C.T., Matveyeva, N.V., Daniëls, F.J.A. 2008. Arctic patterned-ground ecosystems: A synthesis of field studies and models along a North American Arctic Transect. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. 113:G03S01. PDF
22. Walker, D.A., Kuss, H.P., Epstein, H.E., Kade, A.N., Vonlanthen, C., Raynolds, M.K., Daniëls, F.J.A. 2011. Vegetation of zonal patterned-ground ecosystems along the North American Arctic Transect. Applied Vegetation Science. 14:440-463. PDF
23. Walker, D.A., Maier, H.A. 2008. Vegetation in the Vicinity of the Toolik Lake Field Station, Alaska. Biological Papers of the University of Alaska, Institute of Arctic Biology. No. 28. - Map
24. Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Daniëls, F.J.A., Einarsson, E., Elvebakk, A., Gould, W.A., Katenin, A.E., Kholod, S.S., Markon, C.J., Melnikov, E.S., N.G., M., Talbot, S.S., Yurtsev, B.A., CAVM Team 2005. The Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map. Journal of Vegetation Science. 16(3):267-282. PDF

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