The relationship between climate and Rothrock sagebrush colonization patterns

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 620-625

  Bauer, Kenneth M ^a   Berlow, Eric L ^b   D'Antonio, Carla M ^c,d  

^a LINACRE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Visit Scho Dept Integrat Biol   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia rothrockii; Demography; Golden Trout Wilderness; Montane meadows; Seedling establishment; Shrub invasion; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE; COLONIZATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ROTHROCKII; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS AGUABONITA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036852731     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4004006     Document Type: Article

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