Productivity of loessal grasslands in the Kluane Lake region, Yukon Territory, and the Beringian 'Production Paradox'

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-140

  Laxton, N F ^a,c   Burn, C R ^a   Smith, C A S ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beringia; cryosols; Kluane Lake; loess; production paradox; Yukon Territory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

BERINGIA; GRASSLAND; LOESS; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE, LATE; UNGULATE;

CANADA, YUKON, KLUANE LAKE; CANADA, YUKON, KLUANE LAKE REGION;

EID: 0029662662     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1191     Document Type: Article

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