Russian olive invasion into cottonwood forests along a regulated river in north-central Montana

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1077-1083

  Lesica, Peter ^a   Miles, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Conservation Biology Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Cottonwood; Dam; Exotic; Riparian; Russian olive

Indexed keywords

BEAVER; CANADA; COTTONWOOD; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORY; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

MARIAS RIVER; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 0033509406     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b99-088     Document Type: Article

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