Do riparian plant community characteristics differ between Tamarix (L.) invaded and non-invaded sites on the upper Verde River, Arizona?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2487-2497

  Johnson, Tyler D ^a,b,c,d   Kolb, Thomas E ^b   Medina, Alvin L ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EcoResults Institute   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Community analysis; Indicator Species Analysis; Non metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMS); PerMANOVA; Riparian; Saltcedar; Tamarisk; Tamarix; Verde River

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODY PLANT;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES; VERDE RIVER;

TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

EID: 77954459964     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9658-2     Document Type: Article

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