Fire history and western juniper encroachment in sagebrush steppe

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 550-559

  Miller, Richard F ^a   Rose, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Artemisia; Juniperus occidentalis; Succession; Woodland

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; STEPPE; SUCCESSION;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ARBUSCULA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0032728967     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003623     Document Type: Article

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