Using GIS to model tree population parameters in the Rocky Mountain National Park forest-tundra ecotone

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-526

  Baker, William L ^b   Weisberg, Peter J ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colorado; Forest tundra ecotone; Geographical information systems; Rocky Mountain National Park; Tree populations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; FOREST-TUNDRA ECOTONE; GIS; POPULATION PARAMETER; TREE POPULATION; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; USA;

EID: 0030664324     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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