Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) at treeline: A century of change in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 733-745

  Elliott, Grant P ^a   Baker, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Colorado; Dendrochronology; Landscape change; Populus tremuloides; Repeat photography; San Juan Mountains; Treeline

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE; TREELINE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 2342430312     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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