A typology of stand structure and dynamics of Quaking aspen in northwestern Colorado

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 176-190

  Kurzel, Brian P ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^a   Kulakowski, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Regeneration; Senescence; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

FIRES;

SENESCENCE; STAND DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; FIRE HISTORY; GIS; PERSISTENCE; REGENERATION; SENESCENCE; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TYPOLOGY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

POPULUS; REFORESTATION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 35448966650     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.027     Document Type: Article

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