Invasion by Tamarix (L.) can severely alter riparian areas of the western U.S., which are globally rare ecosystems. The upper Verde River, Arizona, is a relatively free-flowing river and has abundant native riparian vegetation. Tamarix is present on the upper Verde but is a minor component of the vegetation (8% of stems). This study sought to determine whether riparian vegetation characteristics differed between sites where Tamarix was present and sites where Tamarix was absent during the invasion of the upper Verde. We hypothesized that herbaceous understory and woody plant communities would differ between Tamarix present and absent sites. Our hypothesis was generally confirmed, the two types of sites were different....
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Arizona,
Biological Invasions,
Community analysis,
Indicator Species Analysis,
Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMS), All tags...
Riparian,
Saltcedar,
Springer,
Tamarisk,
Tamarix,
Verde River,
perMANOVA, Fewer tags
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