Wolves, elk, willows, and trophic cascades in the upper Gallatin Range of southwestern Montana, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 200, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 161-181

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

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elk; Herbivory; Predation risk; Trophic cascades; Willows; Wolves; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

GALLATIN ELK; TRIBUTARY;

BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TERRAIN; TROPHIC CASCADE;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; LAND; PLANTS; RIVERS;

GALLATIN RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; RIPARIA; SALIX; SALIX BOOTHII;

EID: 4544381017     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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