Regeneration of Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) and limber pine (Pinus flexilis) three decades after stand-replacing fires

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 893-903

  Coop, Jonathan D ^a   Schoettle, Anna W ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cronartium ribicola; Facilitation; Five needle pine; Nurse object; Pike San Isabel National Forest; Pinus albicaulis; Rocky Mountain National Park; Succession

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; LANDFORMS; NEEDLES; NURSING; ONTOLOGY; PARKS;

CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; FACILITATION; FIVE-NEEDLE PINE; PIKE-SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST; PINUS ALBICAULIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; SUCCESSION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FACILITATION; FOREST FIRE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; SURVIVAL;

CORROSION INHIBITORS; DISASTERS; FORESTRY; FREQUENCY; LOGS; NEEDLES; PINUS; PINUS ALBICAULIS; SEEDLINGS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STEMS; TREES;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; PIKE NATIONAL FOREST; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

CASTILLEJA; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PEDICULARIS; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS ARISTATA; PINUS FLEXILIS; RIBES; RIBES CEREUM; RIBES HUDSONIANUM;

EID: 58149299649     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.034     Document Type: Article

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