Ecophysiological patterns of pinyon and juniper
Nowak RS, Moore DJ, Tausch RJ. 1999. Ecophysiological patterns of pinyon and juniper. Pages 35-46. In Monsen SB and Stevens R: Proceedings: Ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the interior west. Provo, UT. September 15-18, 1997. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Ogden, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-9
This report discusses how the conservative ecophysiological traits of pinyon and juniper help them dominate the landscape in two distinct categories. First, pinyon and juniper species support a much greater amount of foliage than co-occurring shrubs, and second, they help these conifer species establish under, then tolerate, and ultimately outsize and outlive their shrub-steppe nurse plants.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Nowak, Robert; Moore, Darrin; Tausch, Robin
- Units
- DEVA , GRBA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Distribution (Biodiversity), physiological ecology, Plant distribution, Population Dynamics, Presence (Biodiversity), semiarid ecosystem, Taxa Links To References, vegetation assemblage