Primary succession of subarctic vegetation and soil on the fast-rising coast of eastern Hudson Bay, Canada

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1989-1999

  Laliberté, Ann Catherine ^a   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Climate change; Forest succession; Hudson Bay; Isostatic rebound; Picea glauca; Post glacial uplift; Primary succession; Tree line; White spruce

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMERGENCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; POSTGLACIAL; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SUBARCTIC REGION; TREELINE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 53849100344     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01932.x     Document Type: Article

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