Influences of infrequent fire, elevation and pre-fire vegetation on the persistence of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) in the Flat Tops area, Colorado, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1397-1413

  Kulakowski, Dominik ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^a   Kurzel, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Disturbance; Fire ecology; Geographic information system; Historical map; Populus tremuloides; Vegetation change; Western North America

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 33745809852     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01529.x     Document Type: Article

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