Landscape patterns of sapling density, leaf area, and aboveground net primary production in postfire lodgepole pine forests, Yellowstone National Park (USA)

Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 751-775

  Turner, Monica G ^a   Tinker, Daniel B ^b   Romme, William H ^c   Kashian, Daniel M ^a   Litton, Creighton M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Allometric equations; Disturbance; Ecosystem processes; Fire ecology; Landscape pattern; Leaf area index; Net primary production; Pinus contorta; Rocky Mountains; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; FOREST FIRE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 1642353852     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0011-4     Document Type: Article

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