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The Response of Vegetation to Disturbance in Death Valley National Monument, California

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Date Published: 
1988
Authors: 
Evelyn B. Newman
John W. Steiger
Robert H. Webb
U.S. Geological Survey

The response of desert plant assemblages to disturbance was studied in Death Valley National Monument, California. Plant assemblages on debris flows, alluvial terraces, five abandoned townsites, and a pipeline corridor were measured to quantify recovery rates and to develop a model of change in desert vegetation.

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Webb, R.H., J.W. Steiger, and E.B. Newman. 1988. The Response of Vegetation to Disturbance in Death Valley National Monument, California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1793. Washington D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey.

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