Complexity of successional pathways in subalpine forests of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 495-510

  Kipfmueller, Kurt F ^a   Kupfer, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire history; Lodgepole pine; Subalpine forests; Succession

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; SELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; COLEOPTERA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANII; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 27844606884     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2005.00471.x     Document Type: Review

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