Pingos in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska: Their Plant Succession and Use by Mink

Auteurs-es

  • John J. Burns

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3504

Mots-clés :

Denning, Minks

Résumé

Notes 1960-1963 investigations of these frost mounds, their plant succession, and use by mink. The pingos are described, and three types distinguished according to the plant com- munities they support, viz: grass, mixed vegetation type pingos have the greatest depth to permafrost, also other conditions suitable for mink natal dens.

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Publié-e

1964-01-01