Title | A hierarchical classification of landforms: some implications for understanding local and regional vegetation dynamics |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 1987 |
Authors | Wondzell SM, Cunningham GL, Bachelet D |
Series Editor | Aldon EF, Vicente CEGonzale, Moir WH(eds.) |
Pagination | 15-23 |
Date Published | 1987 |
Institution | USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station |
City | Fort Collins, Colorado |
ISBN Number | General Technical Report RM-150 |
Accession Number | JRN00048 |
Call Number | 00414 |
Keywords | book, books, chapter, chapters, community, landforms, community, vegetative, desertification, geomorphology, transect, geomorphology, vegetation dynamics, landforms, classification, model, desertification, report, reports, transect, geomorphology, transect, landforms, transect, plant communities, transect, vegetation dynamics, vegetation dynamics, vegetation, classification, vegetative communities |
Abstract | Analyses of soils and vegetation on the Jornada/Long-Term Ecological Research site have shown strong relationships between vegetative communities and landforms. Observations indicate that similar vegetative patterns exist throughout the Mexican Highland division of the Basin and Range Province. A generalized landscape-level model is presented which attempts to explain the desertification trends producing the shrub-grassland vegetational mosaic found today in southern New Mexico. |
URL | files/bibliography/JRN00048.pdf |
Alternate Title | Strategies for Classification and Management of Native Vegetation for Food Production in Arid Zones |