Historic range of variability in landscape structure in subalpine forests of the Greater Yellowstone Area, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-439

  Tinker, Daniel B ^a,b   Romme, William H ^d   Despain, Don G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire; Historic range of variability; Landscape structure; Lodgepole pine; Logging; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIGITAL MAPPING; DISTURBANCE; GIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS CONTORTA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0242656335     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026156900092     Document Type: Article

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