Woody riparian vegetation response to different alluvial water table regimes

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-76

  Shafroth, Patrick B ^a,b   Stromberg, Juliet C ^a   Patten, Duncan T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Groundwater; Populus; Riparian habitat; Root distribution; Salix; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

POPULUS FREMONTII; SALIX GOODDINGII; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 0034090972     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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