Patterns in shoreline vegetation and soils around Lake Mohave, Nevada and Arizona: Implications for management

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-387

  Tallent, Nita ^a   Nash, Maliha ^b   Cross, Chad L ^c   Walker, Lawrence R ^d  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c SWCA Environmental Consultants   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTOR CANADENSIS; POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; SALIX; SALIX GOODDINGII; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 84856304329     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.071.0305     Document Type: Article

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