Climate and the southern limit of the western Canadian boreal forest

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
• Main Author: Hogg, Edward H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Hosted by Utah State University Libraries 1994
• Subjects: forest trees; temperature; precipitation; forest fires; climatic change; vegetation types; boreal forests; geographical distribution; climate; latitude; climatic factors; alberta; saskatchewan; manitoba; forest zonation; Forest Sciences; Northwest Territories; Canada; Parkland
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/aspen_bib/2161; https://doi.org/10.1139/x94-237

Four species of boreal forest conifers share a similar southern limit of natural distribution in the three Prairie Provinces of western Canada. The southern boundaries of boreal forest and aspen parkland were compared with geographic patterns of several climate variables to provide a preliminary ass...