Effects and etiology of sudden aspen decline in southwestern Colorado, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 638-648

  Worrall, James J ^a   Marchetti, Suzanne B ^a   Egeland, Leanne ^a   Mask, Roy A ^a   Eager, Thomas ^a   Howell, Brian ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decline; Dieback; Drought; Mortality; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEYS; BASAL AREA; CLIMATE MODEL; COLORADO , USA; COVER TYPES; DIEBACK; GROWING SEASON; MOISTURE DEFICIT; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SITE INDEX; SLOPE POSITIONS; UNDERLYING FACTORS; WATER YEAR;

CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; SURVEYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BASAL AREA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; ETIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; MOISTURE; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY; POLYGON; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; VEGETATION COVER;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 77954955995     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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