Impacts of Forest Fire on Permafrost in the Discontinuous Zones of Northwestern Canada

Climate change is causing increases in the frequency, severity, and extent of fires in the boreal forest, which in turn is expected to change historical cycles of permafrost response and recovery to disturbance. A review of recent literature (forming part of this thesis) shows that there are dispar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holloway, Jean
Other Authors: Lewkowicz, Antoni G.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/41186
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-25410