Patterns in whitebark pine regeneration and their relationships to biophysical site characteristics in southwest Montana, central Idaho, and Oregon, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 476-487

  Larson, Evan R ^a,b   Kipfmueller, Kurt F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CANOPY TREES; CRITICAL PARTS; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; MONTANA; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; NATURAL REGENERATION; NONPARAMETRIC CORRELATIONS; OREGON , USA; PINUS ALBICAULIS; RUST INFECTIONS; SEED SOURCE; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; STAND AGE; SUB-ALPINE FIR; WHITE PINE;

BIOPHYSICS; LANDFORMS;

REFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DECLINE; REGENERATION; RUST DISEASE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

CORRELATION; MORTALITY; PINUS ALBICAULIS; REFORESTATION;

IDAHO; MONTANA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; COLEOPTERA; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 77949577782     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-005     Document Type: Article

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