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- Title
Aspen, Elk, and Fire: The Effects of Human Institutions on Ecosystem Processes.
- Authors
HESSL, AMY
- Abstract
Presents a study to evaluate the effects of human institutions on the ecosystem processes of tree species in North America. Interactions among aspen, elk, and fire; Decline in the aspen forest in parts of the intermountain West in the U.S; Explanations for the high mortality rate of aspen stems; Importance of human institutions; Methods of ecological studies in three winter range areas; Effects of inadequate knowledge on management practices; Relationship between human institutions and ecological processes.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ASPEN (Trees); ECOLOGICAL surveys; ECOLOGICAL disturbances; ECOLOGICAL research; BIOTIC communities
- Publication
BioScience, 2002, Vol 52, Issue 11, p1011
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[1011:AEAFTE]2.0.CO;2