Effects of elk browsing on aspen stand characteristics, Rampart Range, Colorado

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-132

  McCain, Emil B ^a   Zlotoff, Jordan I ^a   Ebersole, James J ^a  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Browsing effects; Cervus elaphus; Colorado; Elk; Plant animal interactions; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0037251676     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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