Climatic, landform, microtopographic, and overstory canopy controls of tree invasion in a subalpine meadow landscape, Oregon Cascades, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1197-1212

  Zald, Harold S J ^a   Spies, Thomas A ^b   Huso, Manuela ^c   Gatziolis, Demetrios ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

LiDAR; Oregon Cascades; Snow; Subalpine meadow; Topography; Tree invasion

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEBRIS FLOW; DISTURBANCE; ECOTONE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GRASS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIDAR; MEADOW; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OVERSTORY; REGENERATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOWPACK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865983248     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9774-8     Document Type: Article

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