Mountain Park area: A plant refugium in the Canadian Rocky Mountains?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 413-423

  Strong, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacial refugium; Mountain Park; Nunatak; Wisconsinan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032775033     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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