Canopy shade and the successional replacement of tamarisk by native box elder

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 505-514

  Dewine, J M ^a,b   Cooper, D J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Directed succession; Ecological restoration; Non native plants; Shade tolerance; Succession; Tamarisk

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; REPLACEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; SUCCESSION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; ACER NEGUNDO; DINOSAURIA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 40949144921     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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