A dendroecological method to evaluate past caribou (Rangifer tarandus L.) activity

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-76

  Morneau, Claude ^a   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURES; CARIBOU; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; TRAMPLING SCAR;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND; QUEBEC;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0031698112     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682446     Document Type: Article

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