Ecological setting of the wind river old-growth forest

Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 427-439

  Shaw, David C ^a   Franklin, Jerry F ^a   Bible, Ken ^a   Klopatek, Jeffrey ^b   Freeman, Elizabeth ^e   Greene, Sarah ^c   Parker, Geoffrey G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Climate; Disturbance; Ecological characterization; Geology; Old growth; Soils; Temperate coniferous forest; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOIL PROPERTY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WIND RIVER EXPERIMENTAL FOREST;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; ACER; ACER CIRCINATUM; ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; FRAXINUS; FUNGI; GAULTHERIA SHALLON; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; MAHONIA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SCOLYTINAE; TAXUS; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM; VITIS SP.;

EID: 1242293268     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0135-6     Document Type: Review

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