Site regions revisited: A climatic analysis of Hills' site regions for the province of Ontario using a parametric method

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-354

  Mackey, Brendan G ^a   McKenney, Daniel W ^b   Yang, Yin Qian ^b   McMahon, June P ^a   Hutchinson, Michael F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE VARIABLE; HILLS SITE REGION;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0029669146     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-038     Document Type: Review

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