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Vegetation Classification and Distribution Mapping Report: Navajo National Monument
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Vegetation, Substrate, and Eolian Sediment Transport at Teesto Wash, Navajo Nation, 2009?2012
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9781499649130
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Vegetation, Substrate, and Eolian Sediment Transport at Teesto Wash, Navajo Nation, 2009?2012
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On the Navajo Nation, southwestern United States, warming temperatures and recent drought have increased eolian (windblown) sediment mobility such that large, migrat-ing sand dunes affect grazing lands, housing, and road access. We present an assessment of seasonal variations in sand transport, mobility, and ground cover (vegetation and sub-strate) within a 0.2-km2 study area near Teesto Wash, southern Navajo Nation, as part of a multiyear study measuring the effects of drought on landscape stability. Sand mobility in the study area decreased substantially as one year (2010) with near-normal monsoon rainfall somewhat abated a decade-long drought, temporarily doubling vegetation cover. The invasive annual plant Russian thistle (Salsola sp.), in particular, thrived after the monsoon rains of 2010.
| Author: U. S. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Jul 23, 2014 |
| Number of Pages: 80 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1499649134 |
| ISBN-13: 9781499649130 |
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