Bottom-up factors influencing riparian willow recovery in Yellowstone National Park

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-399

  Tercek, Michael T ^a   Stottlemyer, Robert ^b   Renkin, Roy ^c  

^a Walking Shadow Ecology   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

abiotic factors; bottom up factors; riparian vegetation; Salix; trophic cascade; willow; wolf reintroduction; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; SALIX;

EID: 78149330258     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.070.0311     Document Type: Article

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