Indirect effects of biocontrol of an invasive riparian plant (Tamarix) alters habitat and reduces herpetofauna abundance

Agriculture & Biology

• Tamarix 97%
• herpetofauna 94%
• biological control 58%
• defoliation 54%
• habitats 39%
• vegetation index 21%
• vegetation cover 19%
• Chrysomelidae 18%
• lizards 16%
• Diorhabda 15%
• vegetation 12%
• normalized difference vegetation index 11%
• mixed stands 11%
• pure stands 11%
• riparian areas 10%
• nontarget organisms 10%
• introduced plants 9%
• microclimate 9%
• natural resources 9%
• toads 9%
• snakes 8%
• reptiles 8%
• managers 8%
• biological control agents 7%
• arthropods 7%
• amphibians 7%
• control methods 7%
• traps 7%
• rivers 6%
• forage 6%
• ecosystems 6%
• vertebrates 6%
• Coleoptera 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• defoliation 90%
• habitat 42%
• beetle 37%
• NDVI 32%
• lizard 26%
• vegetation index 22%
• vegetation cover 21%
• effect 15%
• toad 15%
• biological control 14%
• habitat structure 14%
• vegetation 13%
• snake 13%
• arthropod 12%
• reptile 12%
• microclimate 12%
• forage 12%
• amphibian 12%
• dwelling 11%
• vertebrate 10%
• natural resource 9%
• ecosystem 6%
• river 5%
• method 2%