Buffaloberry [Shepherdia canadensis (L) Nutt.] fruit production in fire-successional bear feeding sites

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 520-529

  Hamer, David ^a  

^a Northern Lights College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banff national park; Forest canopy; Prescribed burning; Range improvement; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

SHEPHERDIA CANADENSIS; ELAEAGNACEAE; PINACEAE; PINUS CONTORTA; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

ASPECT; BUFFALOBERRY; CANOPY COVER; FOREST CANOPY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; PRESCRIBED FIRE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, BANFF NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030301365     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002293     Document Type: Article

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