Effects of discing saltcedar seedlings during riparian restoration efforts

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 598-601

  Smith, Loren M ^a   Sprenger, Matthew D ^b   Taylor, John P ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA;

EID: 0036922953     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672663     Document Type: Article

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