Invasive woody plants affect the composition of native lizard and small mammal communities in riparian woodlands

Agriculture & Biology

• botanical composition 100%
• small mammals 87%
• woody plants 85%
• woodlands 80%
• lizards 76%
• Tamarix 74%
• habitats 46%
• animal morphology 29%
• mixed stands 22%
• pure stands 14%
• deserts 11%
• arthropods 10%
• Neotoma lepida 10%
• rivers 9%
• Sceloporus 8%
• Mojave Desert 8%
• Peromyscus maniculatus 7%
• arthropod communities 7%
• Prosopis 7%
• Peromyscus 7%
• overstory 7%
• Salix 6%
• rare species 6%
• species abundance 5%
• Populus 5%
• reptiles 5%
• plant communities 5%
• animals 4%
• rodents 4%
• vertebrates 4%
• vegetation 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• woody plant 98%
• small mammal 96%
• lizard 95%
• woodland 77%
• habitat 50%
• arthropod 21%
• desert 15%
• animal community 8%
• animal 8%
• woody debris 8%
• overstory 8%
• generalist 7%
• habitat quality 7%
• rare species 7%
• reptile 6%
• deer 6%
• rodent 6%
• river 6%
• plant community 5%
• vertebrate 5%
• vegetation 3%