The boreal forest as a cultural landscape

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1249, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-165

  Johnson, Edward A ^a   Miyanishi, Kiyoko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal region; Ecosystems; Forest

Indexed keywords

OIL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; EUROPE; FORESTRY; GAS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYDROPOWER; LANDSCAPE; MINING; NORTH AMERICA; TAIGA;

EID: 84857473111     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06312.x     Document Type: Article

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