The role of climate in a pine forest regeneration pulse in the southwestern United States

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 310-318

  Savage, Melissa ^a   Brown, Peter M ^b   Feddema, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Tree Ring Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbances; Climate; Forest structure; Pinus ponderosa; Regeneration; Regional processes

Indexed keywords

PINUS PONDEROSA; PINACEAE;

CLIMATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; HUMAN IMPACT; PONDEROSA PINE; REGENERATION;

USA, (WEST);

EID: 0030433913     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682348     Document Type: Article

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