| Title | Increase of mequite on a southern New Mexico desert grassland range |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 1960 |
| Authors | Wright RAnderson |
| Number of Pages | 55 |
| Date Published | 1960 |
| University | New Mexico State University |
| City | Las Cruces, New Mexico |
| Thesis Type | M.S. Thesispp |
| Call Number | 00596 |
| Keywords | brush control,Prosopis, cattle, Prosopis distribution, dissertation, dissertations, Prosopis, cattle, Prosopis, distribution, theses, thesis |
| Abstract | The encroachment of mesquite onto the desert grasslands of the Southwest has reduced the carrying capacity of a considerable portion of these grasslands. The purpose of the present study is to supply some of the information that will supplement studies concerned with the improvement of mesquite-infested ranges. Grazing by domestic livestock, climatic change, and suppression of grassland fires are each considered as a possible primary cause of the increase of mesquite on the Jornada Plains. The author concludes that grazing by domestic livestock, and the associated mesquite seed dissemination, was the most likely of the three factors to have disrupted the balance and allowed mesquite to extensively invade this area. |
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