Changes in riparian plant communities due to a canal barrier traversing ephemeral stream channels in the Sonoran Desert
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- 作者：Abeer Hamdana ; abeer.hamdan@asu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Julie C. Strombergb ; jstrom@asu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Canal ; Ephemeral stream ; Riparian vegetation ; Anthropogenic ; Ecologic barrier
- 刊名：Journal of Arid Environments
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：125
- 期：Complete
- 页码：1-7
- 全文大小：1596 K
文摘
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CAP canal has created areas that contain denser riparian vegetation.
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Vegetation composition within the wettest zone has shifted.
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Creosote shrub densities are approximately 90 percent lower within inundated zone.