Grasslands of the Aishihik-Sekulmun Lakes area, Yukon Territory, Canada

Arctic

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-173

  Vetter, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aishihik Lake; Grasslands; Steppe; Yukon Territory

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY;

AISHIHIK-SEKULMUN LAKES; CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 0033902097     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic847     Document Type: Article

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