Climatic variability and episodic Pinus ponderosa establishment along the forest-grassland ecotones of Colorado

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 98-107

  League, Kevin ^a   Veblen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ecotone; El Ni o; Establishment; Forest grassland; La Ni a; Pinus ponderosa; Recruitment; Synchronous

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; SEED;

ECOTONE; FOREST-GRASSLAND; PINUS PONDEROSA; SYNCHRONOUS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTONE; GERMINATION; SEEDLING;

CLIMATES; GROWTH RINGS; MOISTURE; PINUS; RECRUITMENT; SEEDS;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 33646581012     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.030     Document Type: Article

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