Soil-dependent canopy die-back and plant mortality in two Mojave Desert shrubs

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1793-1802

  Hamerlynck, E P ^a   McAuliffe, J R ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambosia dumosa; Drought; Larrea tridentata; Soil horizons

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DESERT; DROUGHT STRESS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MORTALITY; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA DUMOSA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 48549092262     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Abrahams A.D., and Parsons A.J. Relationship between infiltration and stone cover on a semiarid hillslope, southern Arizona. Journal of Hydrology 122 (1991) 49-59
2. Alizai H.U., and Hulbert L.C. Effects of soil texture on evaporative loss and available water in semi-arid climates. Soil Science 110 (1970) 328-332
3. Atchley M.C., de Soyza A.G., and Whitford W.G. Arroyo water storage and soil nutrients and the effects on gas exchange of shrub species in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 43 (1999) 21-33
4. Bowers J.E. Effects of drought on shrub survival and longevity in the northern Sonoran Desert. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132 (2005) 421-431
5. Bowers J.E., and Turner R.M. Dieback and episodic mortality of Cercidium microphyllum (foothill paloverde), a dominant Sonoran Desert tree. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 128 (2001) 128-140
6. Breshears D.D., Cobb N.S., Rich P.M., Price K.P., Allen C.D., Balice R.G., Romme W.H., Kastens J.H., Floyd M.L., Belnap J., Anderson J.J., Myers O.B., and Meyer C.W. Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change-type drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (2005) 144-15148
7. Briones O., Montana C., and Ezcurra E. Competition between three Chihuahuan desert species: evidence from plant size-distance relationships and root distribution. Journal of Vegetation Science 7 (1996) 453-460
8. Briones O., Montana C., and Ezcurra E. Competition intensity as a function of resource availability in a semiarid ecosystem. Oecologia 116 (1998) 365-372
9. Brisson J., and Reynolds J.F. The effect of neighbors on root distribution in a creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) population. Ecology 75 (1994) 1693-1702
10. Casper B.B. Demographic consequences of drought in the herbaceous perennial Cryptantha flava: effects of density, associations with shrubs and plant size. Oecologia 106 (1996) 144-152
11. Comstock J.P., and Ehleringer J.R. Canopy dynamics and carbon gain in response to soil moisture availability in Encelia frutescens Gray, a drought-deciduous shrub. Oecologia 68 (1986) 271-278
12. Gile L.H., Gibbens R.P., and Lenz J.M. Soil-induced variability in root systems of creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) and tarbush (Flourensia cernua). Journal of Arid Environments 39 (1998) 57-78
13. Hamerlynck E.P., McAuliffe J.R., and Smith S.D. Effects of surface and sub-surface soil horizons on the seasonal performance of Larrea tridentata (creosotebush). Functional Ecology 14 (2000) 596-606
14. Hamerlynck E.P., McAuliffe J.R., McDonald E.V., and Smith S.D. Ecological responses of two Mojave Desert shrubs to soil horizon development and soil water dynamics. Ecology 83 (2002) 768-779
15. Hereford R., Webb R.H., and Longpré C.I. Precipitation history and ecosystem response to multidecadal precipitation variability in the Mojave desert region, 1893-2001. Journal of Arid Environments 67 (2006) 13-34
16. Huxman T.E., Cable J.M., Ignace D.D., Eilts J.A., English N.B., Weltzin J., and Williams D.G. Response of net ecosystem gas exchange to a simulated precipitation pulse in a semi-arid grassland: the role of native versus non-native grasses and soil texture. Oecologia 141 (2004) 295-305
17. Jacobsen A.L., Pratt R.B., Davis S.D., and Ewers F.W. Cavitation resistance and seasonal hydraulics differ among three arid Californian plant communities. Plant Cell and Environment 30 (2007) 1599-1609
18. Jones C.S. The effect of axis splitting on xylem pressure potentials and water movement in the desert shrub Ambrosia dumosa (Gray) Payne (Asteraceae). Botanical Gazette 145 (1984) 125-131
19. Lathja K., and Schlesinger W.H. Plant response to variations in nitrogen availability in desert shrubland community. Biogeochemistry 2 (1986) 29-37
20. Lathja K., and Schlesinger W.H. The biogeochemistry of phosphorus cycling and phosphorus availability along a desert soil chronosequence. Ecology 69 (1988) 24-39
21. Mahall B.E., and Callaway R.M. Root communication mechanisms and intracommunity distributions of two Mojave Desert shrubs. Ecology 73 (1992) 2145-2151
22. Maherali H., Pockman W.T., and Jackson R.B. Adaptive variation in the vulnerability of woody plants to xylem cavitation. Ecology 85 (2004) 2184-2199
23. McAuliffe J.R. Landscape evolution, soil formation, and ecological patterns and processes in Sonoran Desert bajadas. Ecological Monographs 64 (1994) 111-148
24. McAuliffe J.R. The interface between precipitation and vegetation: the importance of soils in arid and semi-arid environments. In: Weltzin J.F., and McPherson G.R. (Eds). Changing Precipitation Regimes and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A North American Perspective (2003), University of Arizona Press, Tucson 9-27
25. McAuliffe J.R., Hamerlynck E.P., and Eppes M.C. Landscape dynamics fostering the development and persistence of long-lived creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) clones in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 69 (2007) 96-126
26. McDonald E.V., Pierson F.B., Flerchinger G.N., and McFadden L.D. Application of a process-based soil water balance model to evaluate the influence of Late Quaternary climate change on soil-water movement in calcic soils. Geoderma 74 (1996) 167-192
27. McDonald, E.V., McFadden, L.D., Wells, S.G., 2003. Regional response of alluvial fans to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition and alluvial fan deposition in the Providence Mountains. Geological Society of America Special Paper No. 368, pp. 189-205.
28. Miriti M.N. Ontogenetic shift from facilitation to competition in a desert shrub. Journal of Ecology 94 (2006) 973-979
29. Miriti M.N., Wright S.J., and Howe H.F. The effects of neighbors on the demography of a dominant desert shrub (Ambrosia dumosa). Ecological Monographs 71 (2001) 491-509
30. Miriti M.N., Rodriguez-Buritica S., Wright S.J., and Howe H.F. Episodic death across species of desert shrubs. Ecology 88 (2007) 32-36
31. Nobel P.S., Miller P.M., and Graham F.A. Influence of rocks on soil temperature, soil water potential, and rooting patterns for desert succulents. Oecologia 92 (1992) 90-96
32. Noy-Meir I. Desert ecosystems: environment and producers. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 4 (1973) 25-51
33. 2 exchange of intact desert shrubs. Ecology 55 (1974) 1086-1095
34. Pockman W.T., and Sperry J.S. Freezing-induced xylem cavitation and the northern limit of Larrea tridentata. Oecologia 109 (1997) 19-27
35. Pockman W.T., and Sperry J.S. Vulnerability to xylem cavitation and the distribution of Sonoran desert vegetation. American Journal of Botany 87 (2000) 1287-1299
36. Schenk H.J. Clonal splitting in desert shrubs. Plant Ecology 141 (1999) 41-52
37. Schenk H.J., Holzapfel C., Hamilton J.G., and Mahall B.E. Spatial ecology of a small desert shrub on adjacent geological substrates. Journal of Ecology 91 (2003) 383-395
38. Schlesinger W.H., and Jones C.S. The comparative importance of overland runoff and mean annual rainfall to shrub communities of the Mojave desert. Botanical Gazette 145 (1984) 116-124
39. Schlesinger W.H., and Pilmanis A.M. Plant-soil interactions in deserts. Biogeochemistry 42 (1998) 169-187
40. Schlesinger W.H., Fonteyn P.J., and Reiners W.A. Effects of overland flow on plant water relations and soil water percolation on a Mojave desert landscape. Soil Science Society of America Journal 53 (1989) 1567-1572
41. Shreve F., and Mallery T.D. The relationship of caliche to desert plants. Soil Science 35 (1933) 99-113
42. Smith S.D., Herr C., Leary K., and Piorkowski J. Soil-plant water relations in a Mojave Desert mixed shrub community: a comparison of three geomorphic surfaces. Journal of Arid Environments 29 (1995) 339-351
43. Smith S.D., Monson R.K., and Anderson J.E. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants (1997), Springer, Berlin, Germany
44. Sperry J.S., Adler F.R., Campbell G.S., and Comstock J.P. Limitation of plant water use by rhizosphere and xylem conductance: results from a model. Plant Cell and Environment 21 (1998) 347-359
45. Sperry J.S., Hacke U.G., Oren R., and Comstock J.P. Water deficits and hydraulic limits to leaf water supply. Plant, Cell and Environment 25 (2002) 251-263
46. Swetnam T.W., and Betancourt J.L. Mesoscale disturbance and ecological response to decadal climatic variability in the American Southwest. Journal of Climatology 11 (1998) 3128-3147
47. Toft C.A. A 10-year demographic study of rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus naseosus)-growth, survival and water limitation. Oecologia 101 (1995) 1-12
48. Vasek F.C. Creosote bush: long-lived clones in the Mojave desert. American Journal of Botany 67 (1980) 246-255