Post-1935 changes in forest vegetation of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA: Part 2-Mixed conifer, spruce-fir, and quaking aspen forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 326-341

  Vankat, John L ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest change; Mixed conifer forest; Quaking aspen forest; Southwest; Spruce fir forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST CHANGE; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; QUAKING ASPEN FOREST; SOUTHWEST; SPRUCE-FIR;

ECOLOGY; PARKS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MIXED FOREST;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; BASAL AREA; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PICEA; PLANTS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; USA;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA PUNGENS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 78651261183     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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