Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) ecotones in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 632-641

  Stohlgren, Thomas J ^a   Bachand, Richard R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

9 species environment relationships; Forest distributions; Gradient analysis; Lodgepole pine; Pinus contorta; Vegetation ecotones

Indexed keywords

PINUS CONTORTA; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINACEAE; PINUS FLEXILIS; PINUS PONDEROSA;

ECOTONE; ENGELMANN SPRUCE; LIMBER PINE; LODGEPOLE PINE; PONDEROSA PINE; SUBALPINE FIR;

USA, COLORADO, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030616882     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0632:lppcei]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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