Influence of livestock grazing and climate on pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) dynamics

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 531-539

  Barger, Nichole N ^a   Adams, Henry D ^b   Woodhouse, Connie ^c   Neff, Jason C ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Climate change; Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument; Land use change; Pinyon; Tree growth; Tree ring; Woodland expansion; Woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIEBACK; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PALEOCLIMATE; RANGE EXPANSION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WOODLAND;

GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

JUNIPERUS; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 70450182719     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/.1/REM-D-09-00029.1     Document Type: Article

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