Classification of Community Types, Successional Sequences, and Landscapes of the Copper River Delta, Alaska

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue PNW-GTR-469, 2000, Pages

  Boggs, Keith ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Barrier island; Classification; Community type; Copper River Delta; Delta; Dune; Floodplain; Landscape; Outwash; Succession

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EID: 1842765589     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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