Regional patterns of plant community response to changes in water: Owens Valley, California

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 443-460

  Elmore, Andrew J ^a,b   Mustard, John F ^a   Manning, Sara J ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b White Mountain Research Station   (United States)

^c Inyo County Water Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic annuals; Great Basin; Land use land cover change; Owens Valley, California; Phreatophytic plants; Remote sensing; Water resources

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038038696     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0443:RPOPCR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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