Effects of ground water decline on riparian vegetation of semiarid regions: The San Pedro, Arizona

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-131

  Stromberg, J C ^a   Tiller, R ^a   Richter, B ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem degradation; Floodplain aquifer; Groundwater decline; Indicator species; Populus fremontii; Riparian ecosystem; San Pedro River, Arizona; Semiarid alluvial habitat; Weighted average wetland indicator score

Indexed keywords

POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA; RIPARIA; SALIX; SALIX GOODDINGII; SPOROBOLUS WRIGHTII; VELUTINA;

EID: 0001313318     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269558     Document Type: Article

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