Localized permafrost peatlands in western Canada: Definition, distributions, and degradation

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-77

  Beilman, D W ^a   Vitt, D H ^a   Halsey, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(WEST); CANADA;

EID: 0035097932     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552279     Document Type: Article

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