Spatial patterns and ecological drivers of historic piñon-juniper woodland expansion in the American southwest

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1085-1095

  Jacobs, Brian F ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LOGISTICS; MAGNITUDE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 83055188437     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06614.x     Document Type: Article

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