Age structure and expansion of piñon-juniper woodlands: A regional perspective in the intermountain west

USDA Forest Service - Research Paper RMRS-RP

Volumn , Issue 69 RMRS-RP, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Miller, Richard F ^a   Tausch, Robin J ^b   McArthur, E Durant ^c   Johnson, Dustin D ^a   Sanderson, Stewart C ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Rocky Mountain Research Station   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronology; Old growth; Singleleaf pi on; Succession; Utah juniper; Western juniper

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CHRONOLOGY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; STEPPE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION; WOODLAND;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; INTERMOUNTAIN WEST; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 41249083281     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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