Recoupling fire and aspen recruitment after wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1004-1008

  Halofsky, Joshua S ^a   Ripple, William J ^a   Beschta, Robert L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; ECOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FEEDBACK; FIRES; GROWTH RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BURNED AREAS; CANIS LUPUS; COMBINED EFFECTS; GROWTH PATTERNS; HERBIVORY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP; PREDATION-RISK; RECOUPLING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

PARKS;

BROWSING; BURNING; CANID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; FIRE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; NATIONAL PARK; PREDATION RISK; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REINTRODUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 48849096342     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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