Functional equivalency of saltcedar (Tamarix chinensis) and fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii) along a free-flowing river

Wetlands

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 675-686

  Stromberg, Juliet C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Fremont cottonwood; Populus fremontii; Riparian ecosystem function; Saltcedar; Succession; Tamarix chinensis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SUCCESSION;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA; RIPARIA; TAMARIX CHINENSIS; VELUTINA;

EID: 0032464345     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161682     Document Type: Article

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