Tree regeneration following drought- and insect-induced mortality in piñon-juniper woodlands

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 402-412

  Redmond, Miranda D ^a   Barger, Nichole N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disturbance; Ips confusus; Juniperus osteosperma; Pinus edulis; Recruitment; Soil properties; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMINANCE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SHRUB; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE; WOODLAND;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; IPS CONFUSUS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS; SCOLYTINAE; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IPS CONFUSUS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PINUS EDULIS; PLANT STEM; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING; SOIL; SOIL PROPERTIES; SPECIES INTERACTIONS; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; IPS CONFUSUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS; RECRUITMENT; SOIL PROPERTIES; SPECIES INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLORADO; DROUGHTS; JUNIPERUS; PINUS; PLANT STEMS; SEEDLING; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84884415542     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12366     Document Type: Article

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