scholarly journals Answer to California Landscape Riddle Lies Underground

Eos ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Thompson
Keyword(s):  

Scientists link vegetation mosaics in California to patterns of weathered bedrock.

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 1303-1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Russell-Smith ◽  
Andrew C. Edwards ◽  
Owen F. Price

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.O. Ong'amo ◽  
B. Pallangyo ◽  
A. Ali ◽  
M. Njaku ◽  
B.P. Le Ru

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 ◽  
pp. 63-63
Author(s):  
A. M. Sibbald ◽  
S. P. Oom ◽  
R. J. Hooper ◽  
R. Anderson

In heterogeneous environments, such as complex vegetation mosaics, there is likely to be a dynamic interaction between the spatial pattern of the vegetation and the distribution of the animals grazing there. Preferences for particular vegetation types will influence where animals choose to feed and, in turn, changes to the vegetation caused by damage from grazing and trampling will affect the dynamics of the mosaic. Social interactions, amongst highly social grazers such as sheep, can also affect the distribution of the animals, depending on the relationship between the dimensions of vegetation patches and the characteristic spacing of the animals. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between patch utilization and patch size for small groups of Scottish Blackface sheep foraging in a natural heather (Calluna vulgaris ) and grass mosaic.


2017 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth A. Howison ◽  
Han Olff ◽  
Johan van de Koppel ◽  
Christian Smit
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2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Wouters ◽  
Marijn Nijssen ◽  
Gertjan Geerling ◽  
Hein Van Kleef ◽  
Eva Remke ◽  
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Author(s):  
André Japiassú ◽  
Josimar Gomes Dantas ◽  
Francisco de Oliveira Mesquita ◽  
Adriana Araújo Diniz ◽  
Anailson de Sousa Alevs ◽  
...  

The genus Eugenia presents one of the most important in Myrtaceae family, expressing a potential nutritional high and in drugs obtaining. The plants are resist and resist disease, their hardwood has been used to produce posts, stakes, poles, firewood and charcoal. The objective of this present work was to conduct a survey of the population structure of Eugenia sp. was conducted in caatinga area, located in the municipality of Caturité, PB. Were sampled Forty plots of 10x20 m, totaling a sample area of 8.000 m². All shrub-tree individuals were inventoried by the taking the ground level diameter (DNS), height and number of tillers. The vegetation structure was evaluated by basal area, absolute density, absolute frequency and aggregation index of the species. A total of 741 individuals of Eugenia sp. Distributed in four vegetation mosaics with a history of different uses, which were conventionally approached as: A I = Abandoned quarry area; A II = Bottom of the valley; A III = Conserved Area and A IV = Capoeira Area. Area I presented a total of 92 individuals sampled in the 10 experimental plots (DA = 460), where in this environment the species tended to cluster, Area II presented 124 individuals (DA = 620) and the McGuines index expressed that in this environment the species finds grouped. In Area III, 480 individuals were sampled with an absolute density of 2,400 ind. ha-1 grouped. The density of Eugenia sp. Was performed descriptive statistical analysis. It is different in vegetation mosaics due to the history of land use in the studied areas. The largest number of individuals of Eugenia sp. is concentrated in the conserved area showing aggregation pattern. In all areas of study, individuals have low stem diameter, expressing the importance of the species in the regeneration of disturbed areas. In the quarry area are the individuals with higher height.


2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 126 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Wood ◽  
Q. Hua ◽  
D. M. J. S. Bowman

Two contrasting ecological models have been proposed for the forest–moorland vegetation mosaics of south-west Tasmania that stress different interactions between fire, soils, vegetation and the physical environment to produce either stable or dynamic vegetation patterns. We investigated aspects of these models by sampling organic soil profiles across vegetation mosaics to determine variation in soil depth, organic carbon (C) content, nutrient capital, stable C isotope composition (δ13C) and 14C radiocarbon age in two contrasting landscape settings. 14C basal ages of organic soils ranged from recent (<400 calibrated (cal.) years BP) to mid Holocene (~7200 cal. years BP), with a tendency for older soils to be from poorly drained moorlands and younger soils from the forest. The long-term net rate of C accumulation ranged from 2.7 to 19.2 gC m–2 year–1, which is low compared with northern hemisphere peatland systems. We found that δ13C in organic soil profiles cannot be used to infer Holocene vegetation boundary dynamics in these systems. We found a systematic decrease of phosphorus from rainforest through eucalypt to moorland, but estimated that phosphorus capital in moorland soils was still sufficient for the development of forest vegetation. Our results suggest that the characteristics of organic soils across the landscape are the result of interactions between not only vegetation and fire frequency, but also other factors such as drainage and topography.


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