Recent environmental change in the southwestern Canadian Plains

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-353

  Sauchyn, David J ^a   Beaudoin, Alwynne B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatic change and variability; Proxy records; Southwestern Canadian Plains; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TREE RING;

CANADA;

EID: 0032317290     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1998.tb01350.x     Document Type: Article

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