Climate impacts on northern canada: Regional background

Ambio

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 248-256

  Prowse, Terry D ^a   Furgal, Chris ^b   Bonsai, Barrie R ^c   Peters, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOZONE; ISLAND; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; WETLAND;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEATHER;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEATHER;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68649123637     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-38.5.248     Document Type: Article

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