Why and How to Study a Snowcover

Authors

  • William O. Pruitt Taiga Biological Station and Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v119i1.90

Keywords:

snow, snowcover, taiga, tundra, snow ecology, winter ecology, boreal ecology, snow instruments, snow terminology

Abstract

Specialized terminology, duration, thickness, hardness, density of the snowcover of taiga and tundra are described. Methods for detailed study of these characteristics are given, with description and use of simple as well as specialized instruments and techniques in relation to winter ecology of mammals and birds.

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Vol. 119 No. 1 (2005)

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