Landscape assessment of a stable aspen community in southern Utah, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-495

  Rogers, Paul C ^a   Leffler, A Joshua ^a   Ryel, Ronald J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest decline; Forest health; Populous tremuloides; Principal components; Systematic survey; Utah

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; BASAL AREA; DIE-OFF; DISTURBANCE REGIME; ECONOMIC INTERESTS; ENDOGENOUS FACTORS; EXOGENOUS FACTORS; FOREST DECLINE; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST HEALTH MONITORING; FOREST TYPE; POPULOUS TREMULOIDES; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURES; STUDY AREAS; UTAH , USA;

DROUGHT; FARM BUILDINGS; HEALTH; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

REFORESTATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIEBACK; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST COVER; FOREST HEALTH; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

BUILDINGS; DROUGHT; FORESTS; HEALTH; LAND USE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; REFORESTATION; SURVEYS; UTAH;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 72649083277     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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