Environmental history of a Garry oak/Douglas-fir woodland on Waldron Island, Washington

Northwest Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-140

  Dunwiddie, Peter W ^a   Bakker, Jonathan D ^a   Almaguer Bay, Mitchell ^b   Sprenger, Carson B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Rain Shadow Consulting ^*  (United States)

^c Rain Shadow Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN TREE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RECONSTRUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WOODLAND;

SAN JUAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WALDRON ISLAND; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS GARRYANA;

EID: 79959571649     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.085.0205     Document Type: Article

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