Microscale patterns of tree establishment near upper treeline, Snowy Range, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-388

  Moir, W H ^a   Rochelle, Shannon G ^b   Schoettle, A W ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TREELINE;

SNOWY RANGE; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS CONTORTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0033396865     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552586     Document Type: Article

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