Historic aspen recruitment, elk, and wolves in northern Yellowstone National Park, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 361-370

  Ripple, William J ^a   Larsen, Eric J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; RECRUITMENT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED STATES;

CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0033924188     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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