Ecological characterization of a riparian corridor along the Río Conchos, Chihuahua, Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-100

  Cornell, Jack E ^a   Gutiérrez, Mélida ^a   Wait, D Alexander ^a   Rubio Arias, Héctor O ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; SALIX; SALIX NIGRA; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 41149092551     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2008)53[96:ECOARC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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