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The U.S. Tundra Biome Program was initiated in the spring of 1970. Its initial development was directed toward two goals. On the one hand the program represented one of five biomes to be included in the U.S. IBP studies and as such its orientation was to the total system. On the other hand, the recent discovery of large oil reserves on the Arctic Slope dramatized the urgent need for a basic understanding of the environment, flora, fauna, and vegetation of the tundra as well as specific information on the response of the system to perturbations and methods of revegetation. Thus, in response to the increasing rate of human activity on the arctic tundra, we supplemented the basic research objectives of the IBP to address applied questions related to the immediate environmental concerns of Northern Alaska. Rather than undertake applied projects, we conducted basic ecological experiments whose results could be useful in solving environmental problems.
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Tieszen, L.L. (1978). Introduction. In: Tieszen, L.L. (eds) Vegetation and Production Ecology of an Alaskan Arctic Tundra. Ecological Studies, vol 29. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6307-4_1
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