Modification of mixed-contifer forests by ruminant herbivores in the Blue Mountains ecological province

USDA Forest Service - Research Papers RMRS

Volumn , Issue PNW-RP-527, 2000, Pages 1-77

  Riggs, Robert A ^a   Tiedemann, Arthur R ^b   Cook, John G ^c   Ballard, Teena M ^d   Edgerton, Paul J ^e   Vavra, Martin ^b,d   Krueger, William C ^f   Hall, Frederick C ^e   Bryant, Larry D ^e   Irwin, Larry L ^g   Delcurto, Timothy ^d  

^a Boise Cascade Corporation   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and Stream Improvement   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies; Biomass; Bos; Cervus; Cycling; Disturbance; Ecosystem; Fire; Forest; Herbivory; logging; nutrients; Odocoileus; Ovis; Productivity; Pseudotsuga; Seeding; Shrubs; Site; Succession; Understory.

Indexed keywords

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HERBIVORY; MIXED FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 6644220984     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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