Wildlife Plant Community Preference in the Chihuahuan DesertRY NELSONJerry HolechekRaul Valdez
In the map below, adapted from the World Wildlife Fund's classification (Ricketts et al, cited above) pink represents the Sonoran Desert (without indicating subdivisions), the orange the Chihuahuan Desert, the blue-green the Madrean Sky Islands (or "Sierra Madre Occidental Pine-oak Forests"), ...
“With the opening of the Chihuahuan Desert, we aim to motivate guests and their families to go and explore these stunning and varied environments in our surrounding State and National Parks,” said El Paso Zoo director Joe Montisano. “From the wonders of wildlife in their own backyards to ...
Department of Fishery and Wildlife ScienceE. JacksonGeography DepartmentW.G. WhitfordUSDA-ARS Jornada Experimental RangeElsevier LtdJournal of Arid EnvironmentsKILLGORE, A., E. JACKSON, AND W. G. WHITFORD. 2009. Fire in Chihuahuan Desert grassland: short-term effects on vegetation, small mammal ...
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Drought leads to collapse of black-tailed prairie dog populations reintroduced to the Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Wildlife Management 78, 1752-1762.Facka, A. N., G. W. Roemer, V. L. Mathis, M. Kam, and E. Geffen. 2010. Drought leads to collapse of black-tailed prairie dog ...
Large areas of desert grasslands in southwestern USA have shifted to sparse shrublands dominated by drought-tolerant woody species over the last 150 years, accompanied by accelerated soil erosion. An important step towards the understanding of patterns in species dominance and vegetation change at ...
One road effect of concern is their potential to limit wildlife movements. Roads may disrupt gene flow, causing increased inbreeding, decreased genetic diversity, and increased genetic differentiation. In this study we investigate how two roads, interstate highway I-10 and rural country road NM-9,...
Local winter abundance of grassland passerines is highly variable throughout the Chihuahuan Desert among years. The objective of this study is to determine if plant biomass in grasslands and precipitation are predictors of bird abundance in space and time through Chihuahuan Desert. We conducted avian ...
The influence of spatial patterns of soil moisture on the grass and shrub responses to a summer rainstorm in the Chihuahuan Desert ecotone . Ecosystems 13 : 511 – 525 .William, T. P. and Eric, E. S.: The influence of spatial patterns of soil moisture on the grass and shrub responses ...