Aspen (Populus tremuloides) stands and their contribution to plant diversity in a semiarid coniferous landscape

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1451-1463

  Kuhn, Tim J ^a   Safford, Hugh D ^b,c   Jones, Bobette E ^b   Tate, Ken W ^c  

^a USDI Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Conifer; Keystone species; Montane vegetation; Sierra Nevada; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HETEROGENEITY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MEADOW; MONTANE FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 85027936792     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9920-4     Document Type: Article

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