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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1976
From palynological studies it appears that northernmost dwarf spruces of the tundra and parts of the forest-tundra boundary may be relicts from times of prior warmth, and if felled might not regenerate. This disequilibrium may help explain the partial incongruence of modern climatic limits with the present forest edge. Seedlings established as a result of recent warming should therefore be found within the northernmost woodlands rather than in the southern tundra.
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Citation: Nichols, Harvey. 1976. Historical aspects of the northern Canadian treeline. Arctic 29(1):38-47.
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- boreal forest
- Canada
- dwarf spruce
- forest distribution
- treeline
- tundra
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FRAMES Record Number: 4747