A rare episode of sexual reproduction in aspen (Populus tremuloides Michsx.) following the 1988 yellowstone fires

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Romme, William H ^a   Turner, Monica G ^b,c   Gardner, Robert H ^b,d   Hargrove, William W ^b   Tuskan, Gerald A ^b   Despain, Don G ^e   Renkin, Roy A ^e  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

clonal plants; genetic diversity; large scale fires; Populus tremuloides; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALICACEAE;

CLONAL PLANT; FIRE; GENETIC VARIATION; SEEDLING; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TREMBLING ASPEN;

USA, WYOMING, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030620304     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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