Mexican wolves, elk, and aspen in Arizona: Is there a trophic cascade?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 915-922

  Beschta, Robert L ^a   Ripple, William J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apache National Forest; Arizona; Aspen; Herbivory; Mexican wolves; Rocky Mountain elk; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; HERBIVORY; NATIONAL FORESTS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TROPHIC CASCADES;

EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PARKS;

ECOLOGY;

AGE STRUCTURE; CANID; CATTLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGIUM; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ARIZONA; ECOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; NEW MEXICO; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

APACHE NATIONAL FOREST; ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BOS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 77954958861     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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