Patterns in Shoreline Vegetation and Soils around Lake Mohave, Nevada and Arizona: Implications for Management
Tallent N, Nash M, Cross CL, Walker LR. 2011. Patterns in Shoreline Vegetation and Soils around Lake Mohave, Nevada and Arizona: Implications for Management. Western North American Naturalist. 71(3):374-387
Riparian vegetation and soils are effected by fluctuation of water levels in reservoir and implications for management. The initial filling of Lake Mohave flooded the preexisting native riparian woodlands of Populus-Salix (cottonwood-willow), creating a new shoreline and plant community. Analyses of present plant community revealed 3 patterns in the distribution of vegetation and soils which can provide implications for management strategies that would inhibit nonnative plant establishment and conserve novel riparian ecosystms as surrogates for lost native ecosystems.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Tallent, Nita; Nash, Maliha; Cross, Chad; Walker, Lawrence
- Units
- LAKE , MOJN
- Keywords
- MOJN External Publication, Reservoir, Riparian, soils dynamic, Vegetation Change