09 december 2003

Alaska Geobotany Center, Fairbanks, AlaskaResearchers publish Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map. First map of an entire global biome at useable level of detail. "The 11-year CAVM project, directed by Donald Walker, who also heads IAB's Alaska Geobotany Center, involved vegetation scientists representing the six countries of the Arctic - Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and the United States - to map the vegetation and associated characteristics of the circumpolar region, using a common base map."

posted by åsa @ tisdag, december 09, 2003