Natural regeneration of alpine tundra vegetation after human trampling: A 42-year data set from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, U.S.A.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-183

  Willard, Beatrice E ^c   Cooper, David J ^a   Forbes, Bruce C ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAMPLING; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

ACOMASTYLIS ROSSII; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA SCOPULORUM; KOBRESIA MYOSUROIDES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33947612582     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2007)39[177:NROATV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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