Establishment patterns of native Populus and Salix in the presence of invasive nonnative Tamarix

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 760-772

  Sher, Anna A ^a   Marshall, Diane L ^a   Taylor, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Disturbance; Invasion; Populus deltoides; Riparian communities; Salix exigua; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; RIPARIA; SALIX; SALIX EXIGUA; TAMARIX; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 0036628229     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0760:EPONPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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