Success of active revegetation after Tamarix removal in riparian ecosystems of the Southwestern United States: A quantitative assessment of past restoration projects

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-128

  Bay, Robin F ^a,b   Sher, Anna A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b Habitat Management Inc   (United States)

^c Denver Botanic Gardens ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Pnvasion ecology; Regression tree analysis; Revegetation; Riparian restoration; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARID ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TAMARIX;

EID: 40849113142     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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