Twentieth century forest-grassland ecotone shift in Montana under differing livestock grazing pressure

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 282-292

  Sankey, Temuulen Tsagaan ^a   Montagne, Cliff ^a   Graumlich, Lisa ^a   Lawrence, Rick ^a   Nielsen, Jerry ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Douglas fir; Ecotone shift; Livestock herbivory

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOFTWOODS;

ECOTONE SHIFT; LIVESTOCK HERBIVORY; TREE ENCROACHMENT;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGE STRUCTURE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOTONE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; LIVESTOCK; MAPPING; SAPLING;

FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULUS; PSEUDOTSUGA;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33748797954     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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