Increased willow heights along northern Yellowstone's Blacktail Deer Creek following wolf reintroduction

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 613-617

  Beschta, Robert L ^a   Ripple, William J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elk; Riparian vegetation; Trophic cascades; Willows; Wolves; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; SALIX; SALIX GEYERIANA;

EID: 38549099138     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[613:IWHANY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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