Palynological Evidence for 19th Century Grazing-Induced Vegetation Change in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A.
Dull RA. 1999. Palynological Evidence for 19th Century Grazing-Induced Vegetation Change in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A.. Journal of Biogeography. 26(4):899-912
This article documents a study which examined pollen records from a meadow in the Kern River drainage in the southern Sierra Nevada. These pollen records showed that vegetation has changed in this meadow from more mesic species to more xeric species since the introduction of grazing by sheep and cattle in the 1800s.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Dull, Robert
- Units
- SEKI
- Keywords
- Grazing, History – Natural, Meadows, stratigraphic pollen records, Vegetation Change