Age distribution of aspen in Rocky Mountain National Park, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 797-802

  Binkley, Dan ^a  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen cohort; Elk impacts; Forest age structure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY;

ASPEN COHORT; ASPEN MORTALITY; ASPEN NUMBERS; ELK IMPACTS; FOREST AGE STRUCTURE;

PARKS;

AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; DISTURBANCE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULUS;

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

CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS;

EID: 38949208264     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.066     Document Type: Article

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