Patterns of herbivory-induced mortality of a dominant non-native tree/shrub (Tamarix spp.) in a southwestern US watershed

Biological Invasions

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1729-1742

  Hultine, Kevin R ^a   Dudley, Tom L ^b   Koepke, Dan F ^a   Bean, Daniel W ^c   Glenn, Ed P ^d   Lambert, Adam M ^b  

^a DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Palisade Insectary ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diorhabda carinulata; MODIS; Plant mortality; Riparian ecosystems; Tamarix; 13C

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939965642     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: 15731464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0829-4     Document Type: Article

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