Nonpyrogenous climax lodgepole pine communities in Yellowstone National Park [Pinus contorta, Wyoming]

Nonpyrogenous climax lodgepole pine communities in Yellowstone National Park [Pinus contorta, Wyoming]

Climax lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) stands are demonstrated. Size-class distribution fits a negative exponential curve, with size closely correlated to age. Maintenance of this climax does not appear to be dependent on fires. Such stands cover extensive areas in the park and may co...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecology (Durham) 1983-04, Vol.64 (2), p.231-234
1. Verfasser: Despain, Don G.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Climate models
climax
Climax communities
Climax forests
Coniferous forests
fire, forest
Forest ecology
Forest stands
National parks
Overstory
Pinus contorta
Pinus contorta latifolia
Saplings
succession
Synecology
vegetation
Yellowstone National Park
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Zusammenfassung:Climax lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) stands are demonstrated. Size-class distribution fits a negative exponential curve, with size closely correlated to age. Maintenance of this climax does not appear to be dependent on fires. Such stands cover extensive areas in the park and may constitute a lodgepole pine zone.
ISSN:0012-9658
1939-9170
DOI:10.2307/1937070