The ecology and paleoecology of grasses in selected Sonoran Desert plant communities: Chapter 14
Van Devender TR, Toolin LJ, Burgess TL. 1989. The ecology and paleoecology of grasses in selected Sonoran Desert plant communities: Chapter 14. In Author unknown. Packrat Middens. University of Arizona Press
Adaptations and ecology of grasses found in selected Sonoran Desert plant communities are dicussed and their paleoecology over the last eleven thousand years is reviewed based on fossil remains from packrat midden sequences in four study areas. The study areas are the Puerto Blanco Mountains (Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument), Tinajas Altas Mountains (AZ), Butler Mountains (AZ), and the Whipple Mountains (CA). Tables.
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Authors
- Van Devender, Thomas; Toolin, Laurence; Burgess, Tony
- Units
- ORPI
- Keywords
- Butler Mountains (AZ), Ecology, Fossils, Grasses (Gramineae), Packrat Middens, Paleoenvironment, Plant Communities, Puerto Blanco Mountains (ORPI), Sonoran Desert, Tinajas Altas Mountains (AZ), Whipple Mountains (CA)