Climatic and physiographic controls on wetland type and distribution in Manitoba, Canada

Wetlands

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-262

  Halsey, Linda ^a   Vitt, Dale ^a   Zoltai, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Land classification; Manitoba; Mires; Peatlands; Permafrost; Remote sensing; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLIMATE; MANITOBA; PHYSIOGRAPHY; WETLAND;

LAND CLASSIFICATION; MIRE; PEATLANDS; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; WETLANDS;

CANADA, MANITOBA;

EID: 0031401254     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161413     Document Type: Article

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