Ecohydrological consequences of non-native riparian vegetation in the southwestern United States: A review from an ecophysiological perspective

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Hultine, K R ^a   Bush, S E ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; CONSERVATION PRIORITIES; ECONOMIC RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND MANAGERS; NATURAL HABITAT; NON-NATIVE; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAIT; PLANT SPECIES; POLICY MAKERS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PROGRESSIVE EXPANSION; RESEARCH NEEDS; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN FORESTS; RIPARIAN HABITATS; RIPARIAN PLANTS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; PLANT EXPANSION; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC REGION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; LITERATURE REVIEW; RAINFALL; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER SYSTEM; STREAMFLOW; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VOLUME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WEED;

CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; PLANTS; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

ACROPTILON; ACROPTILON REPENS; ELAEAGNUS; ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

EID: 79960960008     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010317     Document Type: Review

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