Postfire recovery of two shrubs in the interiors of large burns in the intermountain West USA

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-205

  Ziegenliagen, Lori L ^a   Miller, Richard F ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia; Bitterbrush; Purshia; Recruitment; Restoration; Sagebrush

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; COLEOPTERA; PURSHIA; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 68049126032     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.069.0208     Document Type: Review

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