Nonequilibrium dynamics between catastrophic disturbances and old-growth forests in ponderosa pine landscapes of the Black Hills

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1276-1288

  Shinneman, Douglas J ^a   Baker, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PONDEROSA PINE;

USA, SOUTH DAKOTA, BLACK HILLS; USA, WYOMING, BLACK HILLS;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINACEAE; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTIDAE;

EID: 0031444559     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96198.x     Document Type: Review

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