Forest vegetation in the northern Salish Mountains of northwestern Montana (U.S.A.)

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 503-577

  Spribille, T ^a  

^a USDA Forest Service Kootenai National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptogams; Fire; Forest structure; Pacific Northwest; Phytogeography; Phytosociology; Syntaxonomy; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

MONTANA; SALISH MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINETUM; TRACHEOPHYTA; VACCINIO; XEROPHYLLUM TENAX;

EID: 0033499929     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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