Lecture 4
Jan
29
The role of
substrate,
the
“Mammoth
Steppe” and
soil pH.
Lecture 4
Lab 3
Jan
31
Plant
identification
: Arctic
dwarf shrub.
Lab 3
Lecture 5
Feb
5
Lab 4
Feb
7
1. Tedrow, J.C.F. 1977. Chapter 9. The
tundra zone and its soils, pp. 145-196, In:
Tedrow, J.C.F. Soils of the Polar
Landscapes. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press. PDF
2. Bliss, L.C. 1997. Arctic Ecosystems of
North America. Polar and Alpine Tundra.
Elsevier. Amsterdam. Pp. 551-683.
Focus on p. 551-539.
Read Web site links to family characteristics
for Betulaceae, Salicaceae, Cornaceae,
Cupressaceae, Rosaceae, Ericaceae,
Diapensiaceae, Empetraceae,
Caprifoliaceae, Pyrolaceae
Review required dwarf shrub species (24
species).
Arctic
1. Walker, D.A., Epstein, H.E., Romanovsky,
terrestrial
V.E., et al. 2008.
carbon
Arctic patterned-ground ecosystems: A
budgets and synthesis of field studies and models along a
biocomplexit North American Arctic Transect. Journal of
y of
Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences.
patterned
113:G03S01. PDF
ground
2. Walker, D.A., Kuss, P., Epstein, H.E.,
1. Lecture 5 Kade, A.N., Vonlanthen, C.M., Raynolds,
2.
M.K. Daniels, F.J.A. 2011. Vegetation of
Guidelines
zonal patterned-ground ecosystems along the
and grading North American Arctic Transect. Applied
criteria for
Vegetation Science, 14: 440-463. PDF
oral
presentation
s
Plant
identification
: Review of
all trees and
Review all shrubs in the teaching collections.
Create Flash Cards. (put link to flash cards
here.
Flash Cards for Alaska Arctic and Boreal
shrubs
Lecture 6
Feb
12
Lab 5
Feb
14
Lecture 7
Feb
19
Lab 6
Feb
21
Trees and shrubs Plant Families
Flash Cards for Alaska Arctic and Boreal
Plant Species
Toposequen Catch up on reading
ces and
review
climate,
permafrost
and
substrate
effects on
vegetation.
Lecture 6
Plant
Read Web site links to family characteristics
identification for Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Juncaceae.
: Continue
Review required grasses (11 species),
review of
sedges (11 species), rushes (5 species)
shrubs.
during lab.
Begin
Grasses,
sedges,
rushes
Literature
review of
Guthrie
(discussion
session
during class)
1. Guthrie, R.D. Mammals of the mammoth
steppe as paleoenvironmental indicators. In:
Hopkins et al. 1987. Paleoecology of
Beringia, New York: Academic Press, p. 307326. PDF
2. Guthrie, R.D. 2001. Origin and causes of
the mammoth steppe: a story of cloud cover,
wooly mammal tooth pits, buckles, and
inside-out Beringia. Quaternary Science
Reviews 20: 549-574. PDF
Plant
Review all Poaceae, Cyperaceae and
identification Juncaceae, in the teaching collections.
: Finish
Create flash cards for grasses, sedges and
grasses,
rushes.
sedges, and
rushes and
Lecture 8
Feb
26
Lab 7
Feb
28
Lecture 9
Mar
5
Lab 8
Mar
7
review all
Snow
Ecology:
Physical and
chemical
characteristi
cs of snow
1. Pomeroy, J.W. and E. Brun. 2001. Physical
properties of snow. In: Jones, H.G., J.
Pomeroy, D.A. Walker, and R. Hoham (eds.)
Snow Ecology. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, pp. 45-117. PDF
2. Sturm, M. et al. 2001. Snow-shrub
interactions in Arctic tundra: a hypothesis with
climatic implications. Journal of Climate, 14,
336-344. PDF
Plant
Read Web site links to family characteristics
identification for Asteraceae (Compositae),
: Forbs 1
Caryophyllaceae, Cruciferae, Fabaceae
(Leguminosae), Liliaceae, Onagraceae,
Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae,
Saxifragaceae, Apiaceae (Umbelliferae).
Review photos, descriptions, and specimens
of required forbs (25 species) during lab.
Make Flash Cards for Forbs 1.
Snow
1. Walker, D.A., J.G. Molenaar, and W.D.
Ecology 2:
Billings. 2001. Snow-vegetation interactions
Biological
in tundra environments. In: Jones, H.G., J.
aspects of
Pomeroy, D.A. Walker, and R. Hoham (eds.)
snow
Snow Ecology. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, pp. 266-322. PDF
2. C.W. 2001. The effects of snow cover on
small animals. In: Jones, H.G., J. Pomeroy,
D.A. Walker, and R. Hoham (eds.) Snow
Ecology. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, pp. 229--265. PDF
Plant
Read Web site links to family characteristics
identification for Asteraceae (Compositae),
: Forbs 2
Caryophyllaceae, Cruciferae (Brassicaceae),
Fabaceae (Leguminosae), Liliaceae,
Onagraceae, Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae,
Rosaceae, Saxifragaceae, Apiaceae
(Umbelliferae). Review photos, descriptions,
and specimens of required forbs (25 species)
during lab.
Make flash cards for Forbs 2.
Lab 9
Lecture 10
Mar Spring
9-11 Break Snow
Ecology
Field Trip to
Cantwell
cabin
Mar Climate
19
change and
circumpolar
Arctic
vegetation
Lab 10
Mar
21
Plant
identification
: Bryophytes
Lecture 11
Mar
26
Cumulative
effects of oil
development
on Arctic
ecosystems
Lab 11
Mar
28
Plant
identification
: Lichens
Plant
identification
1. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K.,
et al. 2010. Circumpolar Arctic tundra
vegetation change is linked to sea-ice
decline. Earth Interactions. 14:(8):1-20. PDF
2. Elmendorf, S. C., G. H. R. Henry, R. D.
Hollister, et al. 2011. Global assessment of
experimental climate warming on tundra
vegetation: heterogeneity over space and
time. Ecology Letters 15:164–175. PDF
Review Web site links to bryophyte
characteristics.
Review photos, descriptions, and specimens
of common bryophyte species (14 mosses
and 2 liverworts)
Make Flash Cards for Bryophytes
NRC, Orians, G., Albert, T., et al. 2003.
Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and
Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope.
National Academies Press. Washington,
D.C.: pp.: 288. PDF
This volume summarizes the entire issue
related to cumulative effects of oil
development in Alaska. The effects on
vegetation are summarized in chapter 7, p.
76-97.
Review Web site links to lichen
characteristics
Review photos, descriptions and specimens
of required lichen species (22 species).
Make Flash Cards for lichens.
Review all plants
Lecture 12
Apr
2
Lab 12
Apr
4
NO CLASS
Apr
9,
11,
16,
18
Apr
23
Student
research
talks 1
Student
research
talks 2
Student
research
talks 3
Student
research
talks 4
Finals
Week
Arctic
Vegetation
Mapping
1. Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A., Maier, H.A.
2006. Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map.
1:4,000,000. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Anchorage, AK. AATVM Map
2. 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, No. 28, Institute of Arctic Biology.
Toolik map
3. Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Daniëls,
F.J.A., et al. 2005. The Circumpolar Arctic
Vegetation Map. Journal of Vegetation
Science. 16:(3): 267-282. PDF
Plant
Review all collections, flash cards, and
identificatio material on line.
n Review
No class, work on oral presentations and final papers
Skip at European Vegetation Survey Conference (Rome)
and Arctic Science Summit Week (Krakow)
Guidelines and grading criteria for oral presentations
3 student
presentation
s
Apr 6 student
25
presentation
s
Apr 3 student
30
presentation
s
May 6 student
2
presentation
s
May Identification
7-10 of 75 plants,
25 questions
on plant and
family
characteristi
cs
TURN IN
PLANT ID
NOTEBOOK
S