Persistence and developmental transition of wide seismic lines in the western Boreal Plains of Canada

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-250

  Lee, Philip ^a,b   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oil exploration; Road development; Site remediation; Vehicular traffic

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; VEGETATION;

BOREAL PLAIN; FOREST TYPE; OIL EXPLORATION; RECOVERY RATE; ROAD DEVELOPMENT; SEISMIC LINES; SITE REMEDIATION; VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; WHITE SPRUCE; WOODY VEGETATION;

RECOVERY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EXPLORATION; PERSISTENCE; RECOVERY;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BLACK SPRUCE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANADA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIPELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIGA; TRAFFIC; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY; WHITE SPRUCE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 31044448420     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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