Complex interactions shaping aspen dynamics in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 933-951

  Brown, Kathryn ^a   Hansen, Andrew J ^b   Keane, Robert E ^a   Graumlich, Lisa J ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Biophysical; Gradient analysis; Land cover change; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; RESEARCH WORK;

GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 33746831204     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-005-6190-3     Document Type: Article

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