Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1006/jare.1998.0390 |
Perspectives on desertification: south-western United States | |
Fredrickson, E; Havstad, KM; Estell, R | |
通讯作者 | Fredrickson, E |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS |
ISSN | 0140-1963 |
出版年 | 1998 |
卷号 | 39期号:2页码:191-207 |
英文摘要 | Several climatic changes occurred in the northern Chihuahuan Desert and other parts of the south-west United Slates during the last 12,000 years leading to a markedly warmer and drier climate. Vegetation changed in response to this climatic shift. Generally, this transition was from coniferous woodland to grasslands and eventually to the present day desert scrub. Pre-Columbian inhabitants of this region adapted by changing from hunter-gatherer to primarily agrarian economics. European immigration into the south-west U.S. beginning in the mid 1500s greatly affected this region. The greatest impact occurred after the U.S. Civil War in the 1860s. Before that time land use tended to be localized near small agricultural areas, mines, and military installations. The post-war range livestock industry expanded dramatically, especially during the 1880s - a period of general abuse of arid lands in the region. Recognition of this abuse and the deteriorating productivity of the land led to greater government involvement, including establishment of experimental stations and eventually management of the public domain by governmental agencies. Fire suppression, mismanaged grazing, changing climatic conditions, loss of soil and increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations, mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels, are among the probable causes of continued desertification trends. Urban and rural popular-ions, presently technologically isolated from their environment, need to better understand the dynamic nature of their environment. A greater degree of co-operation among diverse entities will be crucial. |
英文关键词 | Chihuahuan Desert Sonoran Desert desertification south-west United States |
类型 | Article ; Proceedings Paper |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | CPCI-S ; SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000074789600010 |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
来源机构 | New Mexico State University |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/136029 |
作者单位 | (1)New Mexico State Univ, USDA ARS, Jornada Expt Range, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Fredrickson, E,Havstad, KM,Estell, R. Perspectives on desertification: south-western United States[J]. New Mexico State University,1998,39(2):191-207. |
APA | Fredrickson, E,Havstad, KM,&Estell, R.(1998).Perspectives on desertification: south-western United States.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,39(2),191-207. |
MLA | Fredrickson, E,et al."Perspectives on desertification: south-western United States".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 39.2(1998):191-207. |
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