Treeline plant population response to postglacial climatic change in North Central Canada.
Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: biology, fossils, ancient plants, treeline, post-glacial history, pollen
| Principal Investigator: | MacDonald, Glen M (9) |
| Licence Number: | 7062 |
| Organization: | McMaster University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1987
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1987 |
Objective(s): To use fossil pollen and plant macrofossils from small lakes to reconstruct the response of plant populations in the treeline zone to climatic change. Modern pollen surface samples from small lakes in the treeline zone will be collected to aoid in the interpretation of the fossil pollen samples. The study area will include the boreal forest, forest-tundra and tundra zones near Yellowknife (115 W-108 W by 62N-64N). Both the sediment coring and surface sampling will have no appreciable impact on lake water quality or ecosystems.
