Arctic tundra caribou and climatic change: Questions of temporal and spatial scales

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 245-252

  Ferguson, Michael A D ^a  

^a Govt of the Northwest Territories   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBOU; CLIMATIC CHANGE; POPULATION CHANGE; REINDEER; TUNDRA;

ANTARCTIC; ARCTIC; CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BAFFIN ISLAND; GREENLAND;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0030321969     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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