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VOL. 21, NO. 2, MAY 1989
ARCTIC and ALPINE
INSTITUTE OF ARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH * UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER
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ARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH
Vol. 21, No. 2 CONTENTS May 1989
Michael J. Retelle, Raymond S. Bradley, 113-125 and Robert Stuckenrath
W. G. Bailey, E. J. Weick, and 126-134 J. D. Bowers
J. D. Bowers and W. G. Bailey 135-143
Thomas T. Veblen, David H. Ashton, 144-155 Sigfrido Rubulis, Diane C. Lorenz,
and Marco Cortes
T. R. Moore 156-162
S. R. Hagen and G. G. Spomer 163-168
Dale W. Funk and Erik K. Bonde 169-174
Louise Filion and Serge Payette 175-184
Elizabeth Anne John 185-187
Nancy A. Felix and Martha K. Raynolds 188-202
Peter G. Ion and G. Peter Kershaw 203-211
Book Reviews 212-215
Relative Sea Level Chronology Determined from Raised Marine Sediments and Coastal Isolation Basins, Northeast- ern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada
The Radiation Balance of Alpine Tundra, Plateau Moun- tain, Alberta, Canada
Summer Energy Balance Regimes for Alpine Tundra, Plateau Mountain, Alberta, Canada
Nothofagus Stand Development on In-transit Moraines, Casa Pangue Glacier, Chile
Plant Production, Decomposition, and Carbon Efflux in a Subarctic Patterned Fen
Hormonal Regulation of Growth Form in the Arctic-Alpine Cushion Plant, Silene acaulis
Fertilizing Effects of Artificial Sulfuric-Acid Mists on Bis- torta vivipara Plants in Alpine Tundra
Subarctic Lichen Polygons and Soil Development along a Colonization Gradient on Eolian Sands
Note on the Sizes of Largest Thalli of Three Species of Rhizocarpon (Subgenus Rhizocarpon) at a Rockslide in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
The Effects of Winter Seismic Trails on Tundra Vegetation in Northeastern Alaska, U.S.A.
The Selection of Snowpatches as Relief Habitat by Wood- land Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Macmillan Pass, Selwyn/Mackenzie Mountains, N.W.T, Canada
Tills and Glaciotectonics: J. J. van der Meer. Seasonal Snowcovers: Physics, Chemistry, and Hydrology: H. G. Jones and W. J. Orville-Thomas. Glossary of Permafrost and Related Ground-ice Terms: National Research Council of Canada. Polar Science, Technology and Information: Peter Adams and Frank Duerden. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper: Robert A. Day. Illustrating Science: Standards for Publication: Council of Biology Editors. The Coleoptera of Greenland: Jens Bocher.
Information 216
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FORTHCOMING ISSUES
M. E. Edwards and W. S. Armbruster: A Tundra-Steppe Transition on Kathul Mountain, Alaska, U.S.A.
0. M. Heide: Environmental Control of Flowering and Viviparous Proliferation in Seminif- erous and Viviparous Arctic Populations of two Poa Species
Roger LeB. Hooke: Englacial and Subglacial Hydrology: A Qualitative Review
Eric Leonard: Climatic Change in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: Estimates Based on Modern Climate at Late Pleistocene Equilibrium Lines
William L. Locke: Present Climate and Glaciation of Western Montana, U.S.A.
Danny McCarroll: Potential and Limitations of the Schmidt Hammer for Relative-age Dating: Field Tests on Neoglacial Moraines, Jotunheimen, Southern Norway
Arthur I. Mears: Regional Comparisons of Avalanche-Profile and Runout Data
Luigi E. Morgantini and Robert J. Hudson: Nutritional Significance of Wapiti Migrations to Alpine Ranges in Western Alberta
Gerald Osborn: Glacial Deposits and Tephras in the Toiyabe Range, Nevada, U.S.A.
J. D. Stednick: Hydrochemical Characteristics of Alpine and Alpine-Subalpine Stream Waters, Colorado Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.
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