Forest structure, health, and mortality in two rocky mountain whitebark pine ecosystems: Implications for restoration

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 290-299

  Fiedler, Carl E ^a   McKinney, Shawn T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cronartium ribicola; Pinus albicaulis; restoration; white pine blister rust; whitebark pine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905233397     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.034.0305     Document Type: Article

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