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Title: Non-native plant invasions in managed and protected ponderosa pine/Douglas fir forests of the Colorado Front Range
Journal: Forest Ecology and Management
Authors: P. J. Fornwalt, M. R. Kaufmann, L. S. Huckaby, J. M. Stoker, and T. J. Stohlgren
Date: 2003
Summary: Fornwalt et al. examined patterns of non-native plant diversity in protected and managed ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)/Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests of the Colorado Front Range. Cheesman Lake, a protected landscape, and Turkey Creek, a managed landscape, appear to have had similar natural disturbance histories prior to European settlement and fire protection during the last century. However, Turkey Creek has experienced logging, grazing, prescribed burning, and recreation since the late 1800s, while Cheesman Lake has not. Results sh ...
Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones, Rangelands, Wildlife
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