ARCTIC The Areal Pattern of Burned Tree Vegetation in the Subarctic Region of Northwestern Canada

• Main Authors: K. P. Timoney, Ross W. Wein
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: Key words; boreal; climate; fire ecology; Northwest Territories; spruce; Subarctic; vegetation; weather; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Mackenzie River; Canada; Hudson; Great Slave Lake; Great Bear Lake; Mackenzie river; Tundra
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.562.7067; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic44-3-223.pdf

ABSTRACT. Vegetation and terrain analyses of 1312 air photos spanning the subarctic, low arctic, and portions of the adjacent high boreal region of northwestern Canada permitted geographic characterization of the areal pattern of burned forest and forest-tundra vegetation. In terms of its lower area...