Aspen, elk, and fire: The effects of human institutions on ecosystem processes

BioScience

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1011-1022

  Hessl, Amy ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0036843653     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[1011:AEAFTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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