Effect of vegetation on the impact of a severe blowdown in the southern Rocky Mountains, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 168, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 63-75

  Baker, William L ^a   Flaherty, Patrick H ^a   Lindemann, Jeremiah D ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^b   Eisenhart, Karen S ^b   Kulakowski, Dominik W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Composition; Forest structure; GIS; Subalpine forest; Tree density

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; WIND;

HABITAT STRUCTURAL;

VEGETATION;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; STAND STRUCTURE; STORM DAMAGE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WINDTHROW;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; PICEA;

EID: 0036723360     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00730-7     Document Type: Article

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