Landscape heterogeneity and disturbance interactions in a subalpine Watershed in Northern Colorado, USA

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 797-813

  Howe, Elisabeth ^a   Baker, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Blowdown; Disturbance interactions; Fire ecology; Subalpine forest

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FIRE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; INSECTA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 4544332083     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2003.09304002.x     Document Type: Review

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