Aspen recovery since wolf reintroduction on the Northern Yellowstone winter range

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-130

  Kimble, David S ^a   Tyers, Daniel B ^b   Robison Cox, Jim ^c   Sowell, Bok F ^c  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

browse; Cervus elaphus; elk; Populus tremuloides; recruitment; trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CANID; CATTLE; DEER; DICOTYLEDON; HOME RANGE; OVERSTORY; RANGELAND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REINTRODUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BOS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 79953084120     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00018.1     Document Type: Article

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