Biophysical processes and bioregional planning: The Niagara Escarpment of Southern Ontario, Canada

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-268

  Moss, Michael R ^a   Milne, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Geomorphic processes; Land units; Niagara Escarpment; Resource planning

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PROTECTED AREA;

CANADA; NIAGARA ESCARPMENT BIOSPHERE RESERVE; ONTARIO;

EID: 0032078423     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(97)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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