The Reindeer Botanist Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977

This well-researched book is the first biography of one of Canada's most remarkable botanists. Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) grew up on the Arctic Station in West Greenland and later served as curator of botany at the National Museum of Canada. He collected thousands of specimens, greatly enla...

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Autres auteurs: Dathan, Wendy (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
Langue:anglais
Publié: Calgary University of Calgary Press 2012
Collection:Northern Lights
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Résumé:This well-researched book is the first biography of one of Canada's most remarkable botanists. Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) grew up on the Arctic Station in West Greenland and later served as curator of botany at the National Museum of Canada. He collected thousands of specimens, greatly enlarging the National Herbarium and making it a superb research centre. For nearly twenty years, Porsild studied reindeer activities in Alaska and the Northwest Territories as part of the Reindeer Project designed to encourage grazing animal husbandry among aboriginal peoples. He published extensively, and his meticulous research and observations have particular relevance today with the growing concern over global warming in the Arctic.
Description matérielle:1 electronic resource (748 p.)
ISBN:9781552385876
Accès:Open Access