The High Subarctic Forest-Tundra of Northwestern Canada: Position, Width, and Vegetation Gradients in Relation to Climate

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Timoney, K.P., La Roi, G.H., Zoltai, S.C., Robinson, A.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Climate change; Effects of climate on plants; Geology; Plant distribution; Plants (Biology); Soils; Treeline; Tundra ecology; Manitoba; Northern; N.W.T; Nunavut; Arctic; Canada; Great Slave Lake; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Subarctic; subarctique*; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64422

A phytogeoclimatic study of the high subarctic region of Canada between Hudson Bay and the Cordillera at the northern Yukon-Mackenzie border was undertaken to provide a verifiable and quantitative synthesis of forest-tundra vegetation ecology. Three field seasons of vegetation and terrain studies pr...