Effects of Grizzly Bear Digging on Alpine Plant Community Structure

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-428

  Doak, Daniel F ^a   Loso, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 1242322468     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0421:EOGBDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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