Rethinking avian response to Tamarix on the lower Colorado River: A threshold hypothesis

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-167

  Van Riper III, Charles ^a   Paxton, Kristina L ^b   O'brien, Chris ^a   Shafroth, Patrick B ^c   Mcgrath, Laura J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^c FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Habitat restoration; Invasive species; Lower Colorado River in Arizona; Riparian habitat; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIRD; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

EID: 40849134013     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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