Plant communities of archaeological sites, abandoned dwellings, and trampled tundra in the eastern Canadian Arctic: A multivariate analysis

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-154

  Forbes, Brucec ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

anthropogenic disturbance; growth forms; High Arctic; ordination; phytoarchaeology; Thule culture; trampling

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GROWTH FORM; HUMAN IMPACT; PHYTOARCHAEOLOGY; TRAMPLING; TUNDRA; VEGETATION RECOVERY;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CORNWALLIS ISLAND; CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, DEVON ISLAND;

EID: 0029660285     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1192     Document Type: Article

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