Restoration ecology and invasive riparian plants: An introduction to the special section on tamarix spp. in Western North America

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-96

  Shafroth, Patrick B ^a   Briggs, Mark K ^b  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA; SQUAMATA; TAMARIX;

EID: 40849142194     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00362.x     Document Type: Editorial

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