Reconstruction of summer temperature for a Canadian high arctic site from retrospective analysis of the dwarf shrub, Cassiope tetragona

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-238

  Rayback, Shelly A ^a,b   Henry, Gregory H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST; TEMPERATURE;

ALEXANDRA FIORD; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

CASSIOPE; CASSIOPE TETRAGONA;

EID: 33646938568     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[228:ROSTFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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