The changing landscape of Canada's western boreal forest: The current dynamics of permafrost

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-287

  Vitt, Dale H ^a   Halsey, Linda A ^a   Zoltai, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST;

CANADA;

EID: 0034103677     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-214     Document Type: Article

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