The persistence of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in the Grand Mesa area, Colorado

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1603-1614

  Kulakowski, Dominik ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^a   Drinkwater, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Colorado, USA; Fire; Geographic Information System (GIS); Historical range of variability; Populus; Reference period; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

COLORADO; GRAND MESA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 6344256861     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5160     Document Type: Article

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