Transpirational Water Loss in Invaded and Restored Semiarid Riparian Forests

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-351

  Moore, Georgianne W ^a   Owens, M Keith ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Populus fremontii; Riparian management; Tamarix; Water resources

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN FOREST; TRANSPIRATION; UNDERSTORY; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE;

RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; TAMARIX;

EID: 79956201131     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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