Reference conditions and ecological restoration: A Southwestern ponderosa pine perspective

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1266-1277

  Moore, Margaret M ^a   Covington, W Wallace ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Ecosystem management; Evolutionary environment; Pinus ponderosa; Range of variability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; REFERENCE SAMPLE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0032700231     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1266:RCAERA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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