Non-native plant invasions in managed and protected ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests of the Colorado Front Range

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 515-527

  Fornwalt, Paula J ^a   Kaufmann, Merrill R ^a   Huckaby, Laurie S ^a   Stoker, Jason M ^a   Stohlgren, Thomas J ^b,c,d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado front range; Douglas fir; Land management; Non native plant species; Plant diversity; Ponderosa pine; Riparian

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; LAKES; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

NATURAL DISTURBANCES;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTS; LAKES; LOGGING;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RIPARIA;

EID: 0037424922     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00456-5     Document Type: Article

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