Evaluation of woody plant restoration in the Middle Rio Grande: Ten years after

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1151-1160

  Taylor, John P ^a   Smith, Loren M ^b   Haukos, David A ^b  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottonwood; Populus; Rio Grande Valley; Riparian restoration; Salt cedar; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; HABITAT RESTORATION; NATIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE VALLEY;

BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS SALICIFOLIA; CANIS LATRANS; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; SALIX; SALIX EXIGUA; TAMARIX; TAMARIX CHINENSIS; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 34248598784     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[1151:EOWPRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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