Species and community response to above normal precipitation following prolonged drought in the northern Mojave Desert Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Species and community response to above normal precipitation following prolonged drought in the northern Mojave Desert

Creator

  • Author: Schultz, B.W.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Nevada Univ., Reno, NV (United States). Desert Research Inst.
  • Author: Ostler, W.K.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (United States)

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: EG & G Energy Measurements, Inc.
    Place of Publication: Las Vegas, Nevada
    Additional Info: EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (United States)

Date

  • Creation: 1993-12-31

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Little information is available on how desert plant communities that are dominated by perennial species respond to normal and above normal precipitation following prolonged drought. Intuitively, one would expect total canopy cover to increase. Whether a concomitant increase in the density of perennial species also occurs is unknown. Even less is known about how individual species respond to above normal precipitation following drought. From 1987 through 1991 a prolonged drought occurred in much of the western United States, including the northern Mojave Desert. In March 1991 the northern Mojave Desert received well above normal precipitation. The following two winters (December--March) also had above normal precipitation (150 to 200 % of normal, unpublished data). Ongoing vegetation characterization studies by the US Department of Energy (DOE) at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, allowed EG&G Energy Measurements to collect data that could be used to infer how both vegetation associations and individual species respond to above normal precipitation following prolonged drought. This paper reports the preliminary results.
  • Physical Description: 21 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: Research Programs
  • Keyword: Plants
  • Keyword: Habitat
  • Keyword: Deserts
  • Keyword: Droughts
  • STI Subject Categories: 54 Environmental Sciences
  • Keyword: Ecosystems
  • Keyword: Canopies
  • Keyword: Yucca Mountain Project
  • Keyword: Climates

Source

  • Conference: 8. wildland shrub and arid land restoration symposium, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 19-21 Oct 1993

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: DE94013571
  • Report No.: EGG--11265-2036
  • Report No.: CONF-9310276--7
  • Grant Number: AC08-93NV11265
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 145215
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc624470

Note

  • Display Note: OSTI as DE94013571
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