Ecotonal changes and altered tree spatial patterns in lower mixed-conifer forests, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, U.S.A.

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-180

  Mast, Joy Nystrom ^a   Wolf, Joy J ^b  

^a CARTHAGE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Ecotone; Mixed Conifer; Patch Structure; Ponderosa Pine; Spatial Analysis; White Fir

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; ECOTONE; MIXED FOREST; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 1842430909     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAND.0000021718.20058.36     Document Type: Article

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