Evidence of Recent Treeline Dynamics in Southwest Yukon from Aerial Photographs

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Danby, Ryan K., Hik, David S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: climate change; forest-tundra; ecotones; timberline; repeat photography; air photos; landscape change; Yukon; Picea glauca; changement climatique; toundra forestière; écotones; limite des arbres; photographie répétée; photos aériennes; changement de paysage; Blanche; Kluane Ranges; Arctic; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63260

Small-scale vertical aerial photographs taken in 1947 and 1948 covering 200 km2 of the Kluane Ranges, southwest Yukon, were compared with corresponding photographs taken in 1989 for the purpose of characterizing changes in the distribution and abundance of white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) a...