Interactive controls of herbivory and fluvial dynamics on landscape vegetation patterns on the Tanana River floodplain, interior Alaska

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1622-1631

  Butler, Lem G ^a,c   Kielland, Knut ^a   Scott Rupp, T ^a   Hanley, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Pacific Northwest Research Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Boreal forest; Fluvial dynamics; Herbivory; Landscape dynamics; Spatially explicit models; Succession

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HERBIVORY; MAMMAL; SIMULATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TANANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; MAMMALIA; SALIX;

EID: 34548126888     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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