Soil nutrients and vegetation characteristics of a Dorset/Thule site in the Canadian arctic

Arctic

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 204-213

  Derry, Alison M ^a   Kevan, Peter G ^a   Rowley, Susan D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b 6660 Forest Glen Rd ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Archaeological site; Arctic; Igloolik; Nutrients; Soil; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0032792029     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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