Canadian boreal forest ecosystem structure and function in a changing climate: Impact on fire regimes

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 145-166

  Weber, M G ^a   Flannigan, M D ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Climate change; Ecosystem processes; Ecosystem structure and function; Fire regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000698966     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a97-008     Document Type: Article

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