What follows is our contribution to a unified list of accepted names for arctic vascular plants. This list is annotated to highlight and explain taxonomic problems and to make clear our approach to taxonomic solutions or, in the absence of solutions, to the disagreements. We realize that as you read this, the Checklist is already in need of modification as new data are being published at a rapid rate. It will always be a work in progress. Our plan is that this Version 1.0 will become 1.1, 1.2, and so on as warranted. To a great extent we will rely on readers’ comments, and we invite you to send corrections and additions to Reidar Elven (Oslo) or David Murray (Fairbanks). As is made clear in the Introduction that follows, this has been a collaborative effort involving many individuals and institutions. Specialists from many countries have provided a full Panarctic analysis. The comments of monographers and regional experts are identified in the text. But all those people are but a subset of the many who can and we hope will offer improvements. We look forward to a lively correspondence. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Toolik-Arctic Geobotanical Atlas (TAGA) is a web-based multi-scale collection of geobotanical maps and related material. It includes maps at seven different scales, from 1-m2 plots to the entire Arctic. The TAGA focuses on research sites at the Toolik Field Station and Imnavait Creek, Alaska, but also covers the Kuparuk River Basin, northern Alaska, Arctic Alaska, and the Circumpolar Arctic. Diverse geobotanical themes include geology, topography landforms, surficial geomorphology, soils, and vegetation. The maps and web site were developed at the Alaska Geobotany Center in collaboration with several other groups at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (see About the TAGA). The Toolik-Arctic Geobotanical Atlas is the outreach and education component of the Greening of the Arctic initiative of the International Polar Year. Educational application of the TAGA in the classroom is a major goal of the initiative through linkage of the project to the University of the Arctic and the UNEP Environment Programme / Grid-Arendal and the Arctic Environmental Atlas. ... [Information of the supplier]
