Natural variability of vegetation, soils and physiography in the bristlecone pine forests of the rocky mountains

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-37

  Ranne, Brigitte M ^a   Baker, William L ^a   Andrews, Tom ^b   Ryan, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

bristlecone pine; classification; Colorado; gradient analysis; Rocky Mountains; vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030890150     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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