Restoration of saltcedar (Tamarix sp.)-infested floodplains on the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

Weed Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 345-352

  Taylor, John P ^a   McDaniel, Kirk C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Imazapyr; Phreatophyte control; Populus fremontii; Rio Grande; Riparian restoration; SAXNI; TAARA; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FLOODPLAIN; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WEED;

BOSQUE DEL APACHE; NEW MEXICO; USA;

CAPPARIS CYNOPHALLOPHORA; POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; RIPARIA; SALIX; SALIX NIGRA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

EID: 0031823783     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0890037x0004392x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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