Invasion of tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) in a southern California salt marsh

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 875-879

  Whitcraft, Christine R ^a   Talley, Drew M ^b   Crooks, Jeffrey A ^c   Boland, John ^d   Gaskin, John ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d USDA ARS NPARL ^*  (United States)

^e USDA ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Cryptic species; Hybrid; Non native species; Salt cedar; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CRYPSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DESERT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYBRID; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN ZONE; SALTMARSH; SHRUB; VULNERABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TIJUANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 34548686598     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9081-x     Document Type: Article

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