Climatic determinants of berry crops in the boreal forest of the southwestern Yukon

Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 401-408

  Krebs, C J ^a   Boonstra, R ^b   Cowcill, K ^a   Kenney, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Berry production; Climate; Dwarf shrubs; Kluane; Yukon

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHRUB; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS RUBRA; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; FILICOPHYTA; GEOCAULON LIVIDUM; SHEPHERDIA CANADENSIS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA;

EID: 68049126273     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B09-013     Document Type: Article

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