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

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Timoney, K.P., Wein, Ross W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1991
• Subjects: Climate change; Effects of climate on plants; Fire ecology; Forest fires; History; Plant growth; Plant succession; Taiga ecology; Treeline; Tundra ecology; Tundra fires; Mackenzie Delta; N.W.T; Manitoba; Northern; Nouveau-Québec; Nunavut; Arctic; Canada; Great Bear Lake; Great Slave Lake; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; Mackenzie river; Subarctic; subarctique*; taiga; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64596

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 areal extent o...