Spatial patterns in the moose-forest-soil ecosystem on Isle Royale, Michigan, USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 411-424

  Pastor, John ^a   Dewey, Bradley ^a   Moen, Ronald ^a   Mladenoff, David J ^b   White, Mark ^a   Cohen, Yosef ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Boreal forests; Diffusion models; Geostatistics; Hardwood conifer shift; Herbivore ecosystem interactions; Isle Royale; Moose; Nitrogen availability; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

FORAGING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORE; NITROGEN CYCLING; SPATIAL PATTERN;

ISLE ROYALE; MICHIGAN; USA;

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 0031970805     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0411:SPITMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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