Claim · model-written summary
Native species dominated the woodlands, with 94% of total taxa native.
- Taxon
- Acacia greggii, Prosopis glandulosa, and Prosopis pubescens
Neltuma glandulosa
Senegalia greggii
Strombocarpa pubescense0 - Outcome
- dominance by native speciese1
- Value
- 94%e1
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Verbatim
e0“Woodlands of Acacia greggii, Prosopis glandulosa, and Prosopis pubescens are of conservation-priority”
e1“dominance by native species (94% of total taxa were native)”
Title
Ecology and Conservation of Acacia and Prosopis (Fabaceae) Woodlands of the Mojave Desert, U.S.A.
Scott R. Abella; Kenneth L. Chittick Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) 2014
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Cluster analysis identified 5 woodland community types at the finest hierarchical level.
- Observation Mean species richness varied significantly among communities, reaching 10 species in P. pubescens communities.
- Observation Mean species richness varied significantly among communities, reaching 35 species/0.1 ha in mixed communities.
- Association Soil texture and cations were related to community gradients, distributions of tree species, and frequency of desert mistletoe.
- Observation The 73 species were classified into 14 species groups.
- Observation A total of 201 taxa was recorded in the woodland plots.
- Observation Tree density was well distributed among size classes, except in P. pubescens communities dominated by large trees.
- Observation Mistletoe infection occurred on 66% of woodland plots.
- Observation Evidence of perceived threats to the woodlands was infrequent.