Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) establishment in its most northern range

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-65

  Lehnhoff, Erik A ^b   Menalled, Fabian D ^b   Rew, Lisa J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; flooding; hydrology; invasion; noxious weed; recruitment; seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

EID: 79953800342     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-10-00036.1     Document Type: Article

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