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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Pinus monophylla"”.
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Population-Level Differences in Pinus monophylla Whole-Plant Seedling Strategies Under Varying Precipitation Pulses
… climate scenarios. Singleleaf pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla) is a dominant tree species in the Intermountain West, USA, that demonstrates intraspecific trait variation along multiple climatic gradients, most notably climatic water deficit and amount of summer precipitation. Climatic water …
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Studies on Species of the Aphid Genus Cinara on Pinus Edulis and Pinus Monophylla
… on the two different pinyon pine species, Pinus edulis Englem. and P. monophylla Torr. & Frem. In Chapter 2, I compared the morphology of C. wahtolca, C. edulis (Wilson) and C. terminalis (Gillette and Palmer) feeding on the two pinyons. All three species were larger when on P. monophylla, …
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Eco-hydrological pathways inferred from stable isotopes in a Pinus ponderosa and Pinus monophylla woodland of the Sheep Range, southern Great Basin, USA
… in the southern Great Basin of Nevada- <italic>Pinus ponderosa</italic> and <italic>Pinus monophylla</italic>.Samples of xylem and leaf tissues from multiple trees at the site were collected and analyzed for δ<super>18</super>O and δD. Additional samples from groundwater, soil …
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Mule Deer Responses to a Pinyon-Juniper Removal
… reasons is expansion of single-leaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla) and Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) into sagebrush communities in the Great Basin. Pinyon-juniper woodlands are adept at outcompeting herbaceous vegetation that is crucial for mule deer. We administered a pinyon-juniper …
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Relationships of piñon juniper woodland expansion and climate trends in the Walker Basin, Nevada
… States, woodyencroachment of piñon juniper (Pinus monophylla & Juniperus osteosperma) woodlandsis well known, but the drivers of its expansion are not well understood across elevationalgradients. Predominant theories of future vegetation distribution change due to achanging climate, predict …
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Response of Pinyon-juniper woodlands to fire, chaining, and hand thinning
Pinyon-juniper (Pinus monophylla - Juniperus osteosperma) woodlands have expanded and infilled over the last 150 years to cover more than 40 million ha in the Great Basin. Many land managers seek to remove Pinyon-juniper trees using a variety of treatments. This thesis looks at six different …