Canopy dynamics and human caused disturbance on a semi-arid landscape in the Rocky Mountains, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Manier, Daniel J ^a   Hobbs, N Thompson ^a,b   Theobald, David M ^a   Reich, Robin M ^a   Kalkhan, Mohammed A ^a   Campbell, Mark R ^a,c  

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

^b Habitat Section ^*  (United States)

^c Broward County Parks and Recreation Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire suppression; Forest expansion; Land cover change; Management effects; Pi on juniper; Sagebrush; Spatial heterogeneity; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; SEMIARID REGION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARIDA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 21044443069     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-004-3987-4     Document Type: Article

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