Regeneration of native trees in the presence of invasive saltcedar in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1842-1852

  Nagler, Pamela L ^a   Hinojosa Huerta, Osvel ^b   Glenn, Edward P ^a   Garcia Hernandez, Jaqueline ^c   Romo, Reggie ^a   Curtis, Charles ^b   Huete, Alfredo R ^d   Nelson, Stephen G ^a  

^a 2601 West Airport Drive   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^d Terrestrial Biophysics and Remote Sensing Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Flood flows; Invasive species; Populus; Riparian; Salix; Tamarix; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROPERIOD; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE;

COLORADO DELTA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; SALIX; SALIX GOODDINGII; TAMARIX;

EID: 13244266255     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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