Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research - 44 (1), 2012

Contents:
In memoriam - James Bell Benedict (Addendum) 
    Peter W. Birkeland
  
Primary Succession of Surface Active Beetles and Spiders in an Alpine Glacier Foreland, Central South Norway
    Anders Thon Braten, Daniel Flo, Sigmund Hagvar, Oddvar Hanssen, Christian E. Mong, and Kjetil Aakra
   
Stem Secondary Growth of Tundra Shrubs: Impact of Environmental Factors and Relationships with Apical Growth 
    Matteo Campioli, Niki Leblans, and Anders Michelsen
  
Do High-Elevation Northern Red Oak Tree-Rings Share a Common Climate-Driven Growth Signal? 
    Christopher J. Crawford
  
Physics of a Thick Seasonal Snowpack with Possible Implications for Snow Algae 
    Adrienne Dove, Jennifer Heldmann, Christopher McKay, and Owen B. Toon
   
Effect of Drought Conditions on Plankton Community and on Nutrient Availability in an Oligotrophic High Mountain Lake 
    Fátima García-Jurado, Inmaculada de Vicente, Andrea Galotti, Andreas Reul, Francisco Jiménez-Gómez, and Francisco Guerrero
   
Plant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya 
    Petr Macek, Leoš Klimeš, Lubomír Adamec, Jiří Doležal, Zuzana Chlumská, Francesco de Bello, Miroslav Dvorský, and Klára Řeháková
  
Effects of Sheep Grazing on Availability and Leaching of Soil Nitrogen in Low-Alpine Grasslands 
    Vegard Martinsen, Jan Mulder, Gunnar Austrheim, Dag O. Hessen, and Atle Mysterud
    
Simulated Internal Storage Buildup, Release, and Runoff from Greenland Ice Sheet at Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland 
    Sebastian H. Mernild, Glen E. Liston, and Michiel van den Broeke
   
Physical, Chemical, and Thermal Properties of Soils across a Forest-Meadow Ecotone in the Uinta Mountains, Northeastern Utah, U.S.A. 
    Jeffrey S. Munroe
    
Changes of High Altitude Glaciers from 1969 to 2010 in the Trans-Himalayan Kang Yatze Massif, Ladakh, Northwest India 
    Susanne Schmidt and Marcus Nüsser
   
Energy and Mass Balance of Forni Glacier (Stelvio National Park, Italian Alps) from a Four-Year Meteorological Data Record 
    Antonella Senese, Guglielmina Diolaiuti, Claudia Mihalcea, and Claudio Smiraglia
   
Phenological Changes in Alpine Plants in Response to Increased Snowpack, Temperature, and Nitrogen 
    Jane G. Smith, Warren Sconiers, Marko J. Spasojevic, Isabel W. Ashton, and Katharine N. Suding
   
Canopy Rainfall Interception and Fog Capture by Pinus pumila Regal at Mt. Tateyama in the Northern Japan Alps, Japan 
    Yoshitoshi Uehara and Atsushi Kume
   
Stefansson, Dr Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1918. A Story of Exploration, Science and Sovereignty, by Stuart E. Jenness   
    John T. Andrews
   
Climate Change in the Polar Regions, by John Turner and Gareth J. Marshall 
    Roger Barry
   
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