Transplanting native plants to revegetate abandoned farmland in the western Mojave Desert

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 960-967

  Grantz, David A ^a   Vaughn, David L ^a   Farber, Robert J ^b   Kim, Bong ^c   Ashbaugh, Lowell ^d   VanCuren, Tony ^e   Campbell, Rich ^f   Bainbridge, David ^g   Zink, Tom ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON   (United States)

^c SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

^f Antelope Valley Hospital   (United States)

^g SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IRRIGATION; PERFORMANCE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DISTURBED FARMLAND; NATIVE PLANTS; PLANT SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTING;

REVEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; SPECIES; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; ATRIPLEX POLYCARPA; CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS; ISOMERIS ARBOREA; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0032127140     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1998.00472425002700040033x     Document Type: Article

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