Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera; Salicaceae) beyond the tree line in the Western Canadian Mainland Arctic (Northwest Territories)

Arctic

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Saarela, Jeffery M ^a   Gillespie, Lynn J ^a   Consaul, Laurie L ^a   Bull, Roger D ^a  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Balsam poplar; Climate change; Floristics; Northwest territories; Phytogeography; Populus balsamifera; Tree line

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOZONE; FLORISTICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERBARIUM; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; RAMET; RANGE EXPANSION; RANGE SIZE; TREELINE;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; SALICACEAE;

EID: 84858612726     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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