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Notes: Succession in unburned subarctic woodlands. 1972. Strang, R.M. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 3: 140-143.

Year: 1972

Available from: Northern Forestry Centre

Catalog ID: 23758

Language: English

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Abstract

A preliminary comparison of burned and unburned tracts in the northern boreal forest of the lower Mackenzie River valley indicates that, without periodic fires, trees will be eliminated and the climax vegetation will be a moss/lichen association. The implications for land management are adumbrated.