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Residents of Canada and other northern circumpolar countries are concerned with the scenarios of climate change since Global Circulation Models predict that global warming over the next 30-50 years will be most evident in the northern regions (Bolin et al. 1986; Roots 1989; Maxwell 1992). Climates in the north would be supportive of much more southern types of biotic systems (Emanuel et al. 1985).
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Wein, R.W., de Groot, W.J. (1996). Fire — Climate Change Hypotheses for the Taiga. In: Goldammer, J.G., Furyaev, V.V. (eds) Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia. Forestry Sciences, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8737-2_46
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