Arctic biology ten papers presented at the 1957, and one presented at the 1965, Biology Colloquium at Oregon State University Edited by Henry P. Hansen

The papers included have been rev. by their authors The Arctic; its discovery and past development, by I. L. Wiggins.--Permafrost and its effect on life in the North, by T. L. Péwé.--Vegetation of the Arctic tundra, by M. E. Britton.--Pleistocene and postglacial vegetation of Alaska and the Yukon Territory, by C. J. Heusser.--Some characteristics of microtine cycles in the Arctic, by F. A. Pitelka.--Wildlife in Arctic and subarctic Alaska, by J. L. Buckley.--Arctic and subarctic agriculture, by A. H. Mick.--Health and sanitation problems in the Arctic, by A. J. Alter.--American Arctic populations: their survival problems, by M. L. Lantis.--Observations on some host-parasite relationships among Arctic wildlife, by E. L. Schiller.--Potentialities for the future development of the American Arctic, by I. L. Wiggins 318 p illustrations, maps, ports 24 cm