Influence of forest fires on climate change studies in the central boreal forest of Canada

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 91-104

  Valeo, C ^a   Beaty, K ^b   Hesslein, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate change; Evapotranspiration; Forest fires; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; RUNOFF;

FOREST FIRES;

HYDROLOGY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST FIRE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RUNOFF; WATERSHED;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0141788326     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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