Subalpine vegetation pattern three decades after stand-replacing fire: effects of landscape context and topography on plant community composition, tree regeneration, and diversity

Journal of Vegetation Science - Tập 21 Số 3 - Trang 472-487 - 2010
Jonathan D. Coop1,2, Robert T. Massatti3,1, Anna W. Schoettle1
1USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
2Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA
3Institute for Applied Ecology, Corvallis, OR 97339, USA

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