Multiple year effects of a biological control agent (Diorhabda carinulata) on Tamarix (saltcedar) ecosystem exchanges of carbon dioxide and water

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-169

  Snyder, Keirith A ^a   Scott, Russell L ^a   McGwire, Kenneth ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Ecohydrology; Eddy covariance; Evapotranspiration; Invasive weeds; Remote sensing; Riparian

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CANOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOHYDROLOGY; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; LANDSAT; MIGRATION; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DIORHABDA; HEXAPODA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

EID: 84863205471     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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