A process-based application of state-and-transition models: A case study of western juniper (juniperus occidentalis) encroachment

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-192

  Petersen, Steven L ^a   Stringham, Tamzen K ^b   Roundy, Bruce A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape ecology; Phase shift; State and transition; Succession; Threshold; Transition; Western juniper

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; COLEOPTERA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 66949145748     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-171.1     Document Type: Article

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