Wetlands in Canada's western boreal forest: Agents of Change

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 825-833

  Foote, Lee ^a   Krogman, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conversion; Forestry; Loss factors; Western boreal forest; Wetland retention; Wetland values; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; WETLANDS;

LOSS FACTORS; WESTERN BOREAL FOREST; WETLAND RETENTION; WETLAND VALUES;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; MINING; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; TUNDRA; WETLAND;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; WETLANDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84984568923     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc82825-6     Document Type: Review

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