Summary: *Corresponding author. Current address: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, West Florida
Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, P.O. Box
3634, Milton, Florida 32572-3634.
-Current address: University of Nevada-Reno, Reno NV 89557.
?Current address: Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University.
Published as Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series No. R-0739.
Journal of Arid Environments (2001) 48: 23­33
doi:10.1006/jare.2000.0739, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on
Annual rainfall, topoedaphic heterogeneity and growth
of an arid land tree (Prosopis glandulosa)
D. Miller*, S.R. Archer, S.F. Zitzer-, M.T. Longnecker-?
Department of Rangeland Ecology & Management Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2126, U.S.A.
(Received 16 November 1999, accepted 4 October 2000)
Basal area growth rates for Prosopis glandulosa were quantified for contrasting
landscape elements in a subtropical savanna. We hypothesized that growth
rates of P. glandulosa plants (1) are a function of seasonal or annual rainfall; and
(2) vary with patch type and in the rank order observed for large trees. Prosopis
glandulosa growth was responsive to changes in rainfall (!0)974 cm2
year!1

Source: Archer, Steven R. - Savanna/Woodland Ecology Lab., School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona

Collections: Environmental Sciences and Ecology