Spatial and temporal patterns of recent forest encroachment in montane grasslands of the Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 914-927

  Coop, Jonathan D ^a,b   Givnish, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecotone; Fire; Meadow; North America; Park; Ponderosa pine; Subalpine grassland; Tree invasion

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CALDERA; FOREST FIRE; GIS; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONTANE FOREST; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREE;

JEMEZ MOUNTAINS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VALLES CALDERA;

EID: 34247202143     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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