Invasive saltcedar (Tamarix): Its spread from the American southwest to the northern Great Plains

Physical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 507-530

  Pearce, Cheryl M ^a   Smith, Derald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Introduced invasive trees; Missouri River watershed; Northern Great Plains; Saltcedar Tamarix

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; INVASIVE SPECIES; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIGHORN BASIN; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

TAMARIX;

EID: 43349101958     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.28.6.507     Document Type: Article

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