Changes in Aspen communities over 30 years in Gunnison County, Colorado

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-205

  Crawford, Jeremy L ^a   McNulty, Seth P ^a   Sowell, John B ^a   Morgan, Michael D ^b  

^a WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOREST; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

COLORADO; CRESTED BUTTE; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CAREX GEYERI; CONIFEROPHYTA; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS LANSZWERTII LEUCANTHUS; LATHYRUS LEUCANTHUS; LIGUSTICUM; LIGUSTICUM PORTERI; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; THALICTRUM; THALICTRUM FENDLERI;

EID: 0031744115     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0197:CIACOY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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