Vegetation succession and disturbance on a boreal forest floodplain, Susitna River, Alaska

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 553-566

  Helm, D J ^a   Collins, William B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alces alces; Browsing; Disturbance; Floodplain; Moose; Riparian; Susitna River; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BROWSING; DISTURBANCE; FLOODPLAIN; MOOSE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

USA, ALASKA, SUSITNA RIVER;

ALCES ALCES; ALNUS INCANA TENUIFOLIA; ALNUS TENUIFOLIA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULACEAE; DRYAS DRUMMONDII; EQUISETACEAE; EQUISETUM; EQUISETUM VARIEGATUM; PICEA GLAUCA; PINACEAE; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; ROSACEAE; SALICACEAE; SALIX; SALIX ALAXENSIS; SALIX NOVAEANGLIAE; VACCINIUM;

EID: 0031284687     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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