Effects of prolonged drought on vegetation associations in the northern Mojave Desert
Schultz BW and Ostler WK. 1995. Effects of prolonged drought on vegetation associations in the northern Mojave Desert. Pages 228-235. In Roundy BA, McArthur ED, Haley JS, Mann DK (ed): Proceedings: Wildland Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium. Las Vegas, NV. October 19-21, 1993. U.S. Department of Agriculture: Forest Service--Intermountain Research Station. Ogden, UT. General Technical Report INT-GTR-315
Study regarding the effect a prolonged drought had on vegetation structure and composition at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Four primary vegetation associations occur in the Yucca Mountain Project area: creosotebush/bursate (Larrea tridentata-Ambrosia dumosa), creosotebush/boxthorn/hopsage (Larrea tridentata-Lycium andersonii-Grayia spinosa), blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima), and boxthorn/hopsage (Lycium andersonii-Grayia spinosa). The authors concluded that soil characteristics, depth and texture, were the determining factor in plant mortality as they influence the availability of soil moisture.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Schultz, Brad; Ostler, W.
- Units
- DEVA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Abundance (Biodiversity), Coleogyne ramosissima (blackbrush), Distribution (Biodiversity), Nevada Test Site, Nye County NV, perennial plant, Presence (Biodiversity), Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References, Yucca Mountain NV