Invasive capacity of Tamarix ramosissima in a Mojave Desert floodplain: The role of drought

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-18

  Cleverly, James R ^a   Smith, Stanley D ^a   Sala, Anna ^b   Devitt, Dale A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Mojave Desert; Riparian; Succession; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA; ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; PLUCHEA SERICEA; PROSOPIS PUBESCENS; SALICACEAE; SALIX EXIGUA; TAMARICACEAE;

DROUGHT TOLERANCE; INVASIVE PLANT; PHREATOPHYTE; SALTCEDAR;

USA;

EID: 0030614110     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050202     Document Type: Article

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