Development of the cultural landscape in the forest-grassland transition in southern Alberta controlled by topographic variables

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 523-532

  Simonson, J T ^a   Johnson, E A ^b  

^a University of Calgary ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Fragmentation; Land use; Pre settlement vegetation; Terrain; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

ASPECT; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ELEVATION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; SLOPE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744566761     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2005)16[523:DOTCLI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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