Landscape-scale patterns in tree occupancy and abundance in subarctic Alaska

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-48

  Roland, Carl A ^a   Schmidt, Joshua H ^b   Nicklen, E Fleur ^b  

^a Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Betula neoalaskana; Boreal forest; Denali National Park and Preserve; Landscape scale pattern; Larix laricina; Picea glauca; Picea mariana; Populus balsamifera; Populus tremuloides; Species environment; Vegetation monitoring

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTOCORRELATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST DYNAMICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; MONITORING; PARTITIONING; PERMAFROST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SOIL PROPERTY; SUBARCTIC REGION; TREE; VEGETATION;

ALASKA; DENALI NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

BETULA NEOALASKANA; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX LARICINA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84877144898     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2136.1     Document Type: Article

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