Spatial and temporal patterns in structure, regeneration, and mortality of an old-growth ponderosa pine forest in the Colorado Front Range

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-55

  Boyden, Suzanne ^a,c   Binkley, Dan ^a   Shepperd, Wayne ^b  

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

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Mortality; Ponderosa pine; Regeneration; Spatial pattern; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH KINETICS;

DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION; SPATIAL PATTERN; STRAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PINUS PONDEROSA;

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

COLEOPTERA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 27144551366     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.08.041     Document Type: Article

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