Hierachy of Stress Tolerance for Flowering Plants in Extreme Polar Desert and Secondary Metobolites in Prostrate Willows in Sverdrup Pass, Ellesmere Island
Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: biology, vegetation, ecology, plants, adaptation, biochemistry, polar desert
| Principal Investigator: | Svoboda, Josef (15) |
| Licence Number: | 11144 |
| Organization: | Department of Botany, University of Toronto |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1994
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1991 |
| Project Team: | E. Levesque; D. Nabert; A. Ferguson; P. Overduin; Dr. J. Elster; |
Objective(s): To determine which species of vascular plants reach the extreme conditions of polar deserts and which are the adoptive features which enable these plants to survive in such conditions; to identify chemical compounds in Arctic Willows which may function as protective substances against herbivory (muskoxen and arctic hare);
Project Description: The Researcher will continue an ongoing program in Sverdrup Pass: Ecology of polar oases. The study will assist in understanding the origin, development, maintenance and future of these isolated ecosystems in the midst of a polar desert.
