Two decades of vegetation change on terraces of a south Texas river

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 280-288

  Bush, J K ^a   Richter, F A ^a   Van Auken, O W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia farnesiana; Acacia smallii; Celtis laevigata; Floodplain terraces; San Antonio River; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CHRONOSEQUENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER TERRACE; SHRUB; STAND DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION; WOODLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANTONIO BASIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ACACIA; ACACIA FARNESIANA; CELTIS; CELTIS LAEVIGATA; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS LAEVIGATA; ILEX; ILEX DECIDUA; ULMUS; ULMUS CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 33748259271     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2006)133[280:TDOVCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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