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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1973
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.
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Citation: Strang, R.M. 1973. Succession in unburned subarctic woodlands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 3(1):140-143.
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- Arctic
- boreal forest
- Canada
- fire suppression
- Mackenzie Valley
- succession
- vegetation changes
- vegetation dynamics
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