Pocket gophers damage saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima) roots

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-185

  Manning, Sara J ^a   Cashore, Brian L ^a   Szewczak, Joseph M ^b  

^a Inyo County Water Department   (United States)

^b Deep Springs College   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 0029831626     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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