Succession in desert vegetation on streets of a Nevada ghost town
Wells PV. 1961. Succession in desert vegetation on streets of a Nevada ghost town. Science. 134(3480):670-671
Vegetation was sampled on the old street system of Wahmonie, Nevada, and on a less disturbed area immediately adjacent. The vegetation on the denuded upland site showed a large increase in bunch-grass and an invasion by pioneer shrubs which ordinarily are chiefly confined to dry washes.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Wells, Philip
- Units
- DEVA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Abundance (Biodiversity), Death Valley National Monument CA, Death Valley National Park CA NV, Distribution (Biodiversity), Disturbance, Plant Studies, Presence (Biodiversity), Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References, Xeric Habitat