Habitat overlap and facilitation in tamarisk and box elder stands: Implications for tamarisk control using native plants

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-358

  DeWine, John M ^a,b   Cooper, David J ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up control; Box elder; Facilitation; Invasive species; Non native plants; Tamarisk

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FACILITATION; HABITAT USE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TREE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER NEGUNDO; DINOSAURIA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

EID: 77953720557     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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