Restoring whitebark pine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains, USA

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-70

  Keane, Robert E ^a   Parsons, Russell A ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem restoration; Fire regime; Postfire vegetation response; Tree mortality; Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Indexed keywords

ABIES LASIOCARPA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA; PINUS ALBICAULIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77249127445     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.28.1.56     Document Type: Article

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