The June issue of Ecology has a very interesting article that answers
your question nicely. See:
Lynch, Elizabeth A. 1998. Origin of a park-forest vegetation mosaic in
the Wind River Range, Wyoming. Ecology 79(4):1320-1338.
Her first sentence reads:
"Throughout the Rocky Mountains, the vegetation of the montane and
subalpine zones is composed of a mixture of conifer forests and treeless
areas dominated by grasses and sagebrush (_Artemesia_ spp.) called
"parks". She goes on to evaluate the "permanent site hypothesis" and the
"remnant hypothesis" with data presented in 4 tables and 14 figures as
well as an appendix.
Hope this helps.
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Robert L. Sanford, Jr. Associate Professor Biological Sciences
University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, 80208 USA
phone 303-871-3534 FAX 303-871-3471
E-Mail rsanford@du.edu http://www.du.edu/biology/sanford.html
On Fri, 29 May 1998 Kage55@AOL.COM wrote:
> hi can you please explain to me the difference between a forest and a park?
> thanks
>
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