Scaling up to understand British Columbia's boreal mixedwoods

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-30

  Andison, D W ^a   Kimmins, J P ^b  

^a Bandaloop Landscape Ecosystem Serv   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal mixedwoods; Disturbance; Landscape level; Succession; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002110319     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a99-007     Document Type: Article

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