Removal of encroaching conifers to regenerate degraded aspen stands in the Sierra Nevada

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 373-379

  Jones, Bobette E ^a   Rickman, Tom H ^a   Vazquez, Alfred ^a   Sado, Yukako ^b   Tate, Kenneth W ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; California; Conventional harvest practices; Effectiveness monitoring; Lassen National Forest; Populus tremuloides; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LAND DEGRADATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 21044448983     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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