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DOI10.1007/BF02472004
BENEFITS OF PROTECTIVE FENCING TO PLANT AND RODENT COMMUNITIES OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA
BROOKS, ML
来源期刊ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ISSN0364-152X
出版年1995
卷号19期号:1页码:65-74
英文摘要

Human disturbance in the western Mojave Desert takes many forms. The most pervasive are livestock grazing and off-highway vehicle use. Over the past few decades several areas within this region have been fenced to preclude human disturbance. These areas provide opportunities to study the impact of human activities in a desert ecosystem. This paper documents the response of plant and small mammal populations to fencing constructed between 1978 and 1979 at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area, Kern County, California.


Aboveground live annual plant biomass was generally greater inside than outside the fenced plots during April 1990, 1991, and 1992. The alien grass Schismus barbatus was a notable exception, producing more biomass in the unprotected area. Forb biomass was greater than that of alien annual grasses inside the fence during all three years of the study. Outside the fence, forb biomass was significantly higher than that of alien grasses only during spring 1992. Percent cover of perennial shrubs was higher inside the fence than outside, while no significant trend was detected in density. There was also more seed biomass inside the fence; this may have contributed to the greater diversity and density of Merriam’s kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami), long-tailed pocket mice (Chaetodipus formosus), and southern grasshopper mice (Onychomys torridus) in the protected area.


These results show that protection from human disturbance has many benefits, including greater overall community biomass and diversity. The significance and generality of these results can be further tested by studying other exclosures of varying age and configurations in different desert regions of the southwestern United States.


英文关键词SHEEP GRAZING MOJAVE DESERT OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES RODENTS SCHISMUS BARBATUS SUCCESSION
类型Review
语种英语
国家USA
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:A1995PX11400006
WOS关键词SONORAN-DESERT ; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT ; BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS ; INFILTRATION RATES ; ROOT DEVELOPMENT ; VEGETATION ; SOIL ; COMPETITION ; POPULATION ; GRASSLAND
WOS类目Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/131237
作者单位(1)CALIF STATE UNIV FRESNO,DEPT BIOL,FRESNO,CA 93740
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BROOKS, ML. BENEFITS OF PROTECTIVE FENCING TO PLANT AND RODENT COMMUNITIES OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA[J],1995,19(1):65-74.
APA BROOKS, ML.(1995).BENEFITS OF PROTECTIVE FENCING TO PLANT AND RODENT COMMUNITIES OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA.ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,19(1),65-74.
MLA BROOKS, ML."BENEFITS OF PROTECTIVE FENCING TO PLANT AND RODENT COMMUNITIES OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA".ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 19.1(1995):65-74.
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