Restoration of quaking aspen woodlands invaded by western juniper

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-97

  Bates, Jonathan D ^a,c   Miller, Richard F ^b   Davies, Kirk W ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity; Fire; Juniperus occidentalis; Populus tremuloides; Succession

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRUNING; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 31844448515     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/04-162R2.1     Document Type: Article

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