From prairie to forest: Three centuries of environmental change at Rocky Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Northwest Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-46

  Gedalof, Ze'ev ^a   Pellatt, Marlow ^b,c   Smith, Dan J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; PRAIRIE; SAVANNA; TREE RING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ABIES GRANDIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS GARRYANA;

EID: 33745587028     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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