Understory patterns in cut western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis spp. Occidentalis Hook.) woodlands

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-374

  Bates, Jon D ^a   Miller, Richard F ^a   Svejcar, Tony ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Juniper debris; Species composition; Understory patterns; Western juniper; Zonal succession

Indexed keywords

JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0031786110     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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