Plot- and landscape-level changes in climate and vegetation following defoliation of exotic saltcedar (Tamarix sp.) from the biocontrol agent Diorhabda carinulata along a stream in the Mojave Desert (USA)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-20

  Bateman, H L ^a   Nagler, P L ^b   Glenn, E P ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microclimate; NDVI; Remote sensing; Riparian vegetation; Virgin River; Weed biocontrol

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DESERT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPHIC LEVEL; WEED CONTROL;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES; VIRGIN RIVER;

COLEOPTERA; DIORHABDA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

EID: 84868242029     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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