Salt dynamics in Tamarix ramosissima in the lower Virgin River floodplain, Nevada

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 949-958

  Imada, Shogo ^a   Acharya, Kumud ^b   Li, Yi ping ^b,c   Taniguchi, Takeshi ^a   Iwanaga, Fumiko ^a   Yamamoto, Fukuju ^d   Yamanaka, Norikazu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arid region; Invasive plant; Salt accumulation; Salt return; Soil salinity; Tamarisk

Indexed keywords

FIELD INVESTIGATION; INVASIVE PLANTS; RIPARIAN PLANTS; SALT ACCUMULATIONS; SHRUB SPECIES; SOIL SALINITY; TAMARISK; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

ARID REGIONS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOMASS; FLOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 84880625557     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-013-0847-3     Document Type: Article

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