The northern inland temperate rainforest of british columbia: Old forests with a young history?

Northwest Science

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-78

  Gavin, Daniel G ^a   Hu, Feng Sheng ^b   Walker, Ian R ^c   Westover, Karlyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; EVERGREEN TREE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RAINFOREST; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIUM; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 61849123262     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.083.0107     Document Type: Article

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