Linkages between wolf presence and aspen recruitment in the Gallatin elk winter range of southwestern Montana, USA

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-207

  Halofsky, Joshua ^a,b   Ripple, William ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington State Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CANID; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; HERBIVORY; HOME RANGE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TROPHIC CASCADE; WINTER;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

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

EID: 49949113947     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpm044     Document Type: Article

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