Late Holocene opening of the forest tundra landscape in northern Québec, Canada

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-313

  Asselin, Hugo ^a,b   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Climate change; Fire; Forest tundra; Landscape opening; Picea mariana; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FIRE; HOLOCENE; TUNDRA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BETULA; CYPERACEAE; ERICACEAE; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; POACEAE;

EID: 22144487434     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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