Ecology of the vegetation of the Saskatchewan River Delta / Herman John Dirschl
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TextSeries: Thesis. (Ph.D.)Publication details: Saskatoon, SK : University of Saskatchewan, 1970.Description: xvi, 215 leaves : ill. ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: The vegetation of the Cumberland Marshes, a 2,760 km2 portion of the Saskatchewan River Delta in east-central Saskatchewan, was examined with respect to vegetation types, site characteristics, environmental control of vegetational variation, and soil and peat forming processes. As a means of obtaining an overview of the landscape and its major components, a physiognomic-floristic reconnaissance map of the vegetation was initially prepared through interpretation of aerial photographs and 190 ground checks. Field study was subsequently confined to a representative block of 660 km2. Vegetational and environmental measurements were obtained from 98 stand-samples that included all common vegetation types. These data were classified by the association analysis technique into 10 groups, distinct on the basis of species presence and absence, which fell into five environmental categories:aquatic, fen, wooded fen, bog, and alluvial stream levee. Lists of major species and average environmental
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Thesis(Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1970.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-186).
The vegetation of the Cumberland Marshes, a 2,760 km2 portion of the Saskatchewan River Delta in east-central Saskatchewan, was examined with respect to vegetation types, site characteristics, environmental control of vegetational variation, and soil and peat forming processes. As a means of obtaining an overview of the landscape and its major components, a physiognomic-floristic reconnaissance map of the vegetation was initially prepared through interpretation of aerial photographs and 190 ground checks. Field study was subsequently confined to a representative block of 660 km2. Vegetational and environmental measurements were obtained from 98 stand-samples that included all common vegetation types. These data were classified by the association analysis technique into 10 groups, distinct on the basis of species presence and absence, which fell into five environmental categories:aquatic, fen, wooded fen, bog, and alluvial stream levee. Lists of major species and average environmental