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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Montane Meadow"”.
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Hydrologic Response to Conifer Removal and Upslope Harvest in an Encroached Montane Meadow
<p>Meadows are crucial components to larger river watersheds because of their unique hydrologic and ecological functions. Due to climate change, over grazing, and fire suppression, conifer encroachment into meadows has accelerated. In some western regions, nearly half of all meadow habitat has been …
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Interactions between habitat and ungulate herbivory limit the spread of Ipomopsis aggregata (polemoniaceae)
… reasons for its absence in nutrient rich montane meadows in Flagstaff, AZ. Scarlet gilia is commonly found on slopes with disturbed and relatively nutrient poor soil. Using transplant experiments in 1992 and 2002, we show that higher levels of soil nutrients have an opposite effect on …
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The Water Table, Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration Conditions Following the Removal of Conifers from Two Encroached Meadows
<p>Montane meadows provide essential habitat for a variety of unique species and important ecosystem services in the western United States. Although important, meadows have experienced increased rates of conifer encroachment due to climate change, fire suppression and grazing. To combat meadow …