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• Theoretical and empirical research has supported the hypothesis that plant–plant interactions change from competition to facilitation with increasing abiotic stress. However, the consistency of such changes has been questioned in arid and semiarid ecosystems. • During a drought in the semiarid south-western USA, we used observations and a field experiment to examine the interactions between juveniles of a foundation tree (Pinyon pine, Pinus edulis ) and a common shrub (Apache plume, Fallugia paradoxa ) in replicated areas of high and low stress. • The presence of F. paradoxa reduced P. edulis performance at low-stress sites, but had the opposite effect at high-stress sites. However, the intensity of the...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: New Phytologist,
Pinus edulis,
climate change,
competition,
environmental stress,
![]() This digital range map represents the range of Colorado pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) in western North America. Data from multiple sources, including existing digitized maps, tabular data, personal communications, USDA Forest Service Inventory and Analysis data, and figures from other publications, were synthesized to create a single digital distribution. The distribution was peer reviewed and iteratively revised based on personal observations of regional authorities.
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Colorado pinyon,
D 04125 Temperate forests; D 04640 Other angiosperms,
Ecology Abstracts,
Forests,
Gambel oak,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Artemisia,
Colorado pinyon,
D 04672 Mammals,
Ecology Abstracts,
Habitat utilization,
Fire is known to structure tree populations, but the role of broad-scale climate variability is less clear. For example, the influence of climatic ?teleconnections? (the relationship between oceanic?atmospheric fluctuations and anomalous weather patterns across broad scales) on forest age structure is relatively unexplored. We sampled semiarid pi�on?juniper (Pinus edulis?Juniperus osteosperma) woodlands in western Colorado, USA, to test the hypothesis that woodland age structures are shaped by climate, including links to oceanic?atmospheric fluctuations, and by past fires and livestock grazing. Low-severity surface fire was lacking, as fire scars were absent, and did not influence woodland densities, but stand-replacing...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: D 04635 Conifers,
Ecology Abstracts,
Pinus edulis,
USA, Arizona,
environmental stress,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: D 04130 Arid zones,
Ecology Abstracts,
Juniperus monosperma,
Pinus edulis,
USA, New Mexico,
Fire is known to structure tree populations, but the role of broad-scale climate variability is less clear. For example, the influence of climatic ?teleconnections? (the relationship between oceanic?atmospheric fluctuations and anomalous weather patterns across broad scales) on forest age structure is relatively unexplored. We sampled semiarid pi�on?juniper (Pinus edulis?Juniperus osteosperma) woodlands in western Colorado, USA, to test the hypothesis that woodland age structures are shaped by climate, including links to oceanic?atmospheric fluctuations, and by past fires and livestock grazing. Low-severity surface fire was lacking, as fire scars were absent, and did not influence woodland densities, but stand-replacing...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Arid environments,
Bibliographies,
Catchment area,
Colorado pinyon,
Deserts,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Colorado pinyon,
D 04635 Conifers,
Death,
Drought resistance,
Ecology Abstracts,
![]() This data set represent the digital range map of Single-Needle Pinyon Pine (Pinus monophylla) in western North America. Data from multiple sources, including existing digitized maps, tabular data, personal communication, and figures from other publications, were synthesized to create a single digital distribution. The distribution was peer reviewed and iteratively revised based on personal observations of regional authorities.
1 Although drought frequency and severity are predicted to increase across numerous continental interiors, the consequences of these changes for dominant plants are largely unknown. Over the last decade, the south-western US has experienced six drought years, including the extreme droughts of 1996 and 2002, which led to widespread tree mortality across northern Arizona. 2 We examined the impact of these droughts on the co-dominant tree species of the pinyon?juniper woodland (Pinus edulis and Juniperus monosperma), a major vegetation type in the US. 3 Pinyon mortality following both droughts was 6.5-fold higher than juniper mortality. In addition, large pinyons suffered 2?6-fold greater mortality than small pinyons,...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Journal of Ecology,
Juniperus monosperma,
Pinus edulis,
climate change,
differential mortality,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: D 04635 Conifers,
Ecology Abstracts,
Juniperus monosperma,
Pinus edulis,
altitude,
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Colorado pinyon,
D 04150 High altitude environments,
Ecology Abstracts,
Forests,
Human impact,
Belowground interactions can affect plants either directly or indirectly via their associated mycorrhizal fungi. However, few studies have experimentally examined the consequences of interspecific root interactions for these important mutualists in the field. We used a trenching experiment to examine how belowground interactions between pinyon pine and one-seed juniper affected the ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal communities of pinyon pine. Three major findings emerged: (1) pinyons responded to the reduction of juniper roots with a near doubling of fine root biomass in just two years, (2) this increase in pinyon roots translated into a potential two-fold increase in EM abundance, and (3) the EM fungal communities of...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Arizona (USA) pinyon-juniper woodland,
Ecological Society of America,
Ecology,
Juniperus monosperma,
Pinus edulis,
Stomatal closure during periods of moisture deficiency should theoretically lead to elevated 13C/12C ratios as reduction of available CO2 leads to diminished photosynthetic discrimination against 13C in favor of 12C. Stable-carbon isotope ratio chronologies developed from 5-yr tree-ring groups at 17 sites in six southwestern states were tested for a drought relationship by first fitting a spline curve to each chronology to remove the long-term trend and calculating indices as the ratio of actual to spline curve value. The time series of ?Del Indices? so developed are significantly correlated with 5-yr mean Palmer Hydrological Drought Indices (post-1930 period) and reconstructed July Palmer Drought Severity Indices...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: C-13/C-12,
Journal of the American Water Resources Association,
Palmer Drought Indices,
Pinus edulis,
Southwest,
In water-limited environments of the intermountain region of North America, summer precipitation may play a role in the structure and function of aridland communities and ecosystems. This study examined the potential reliance on summer precipitation of two widespread, coexisting woody species in the southwestern United States, Pinus edulis Englmn. (Colorado piñon) and Juniperus osteosperma (Torr) Little (Utah juniper). The current distributions of P. edulis and J. osteosperma are highly suggestive of different dependencies on summer rainfall. We hypothesized that P. edulis was dependent on summer precipitation, utilizing summer precipitation even during extremely dry summers, whereas J. osteosperma was not dependent,...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Juniperus osteosperma,
Oecologia,
Pinus edulis,
Springer Berlin / Heidelberg,
Summer precipitation,
Ectomycorrhizal abundance and community composition shifts with drought: Predictions from tree rings
Mycorrhizae play a key role in ecosystem dynamics, and it is important to understand how environmental stress and climate change affect these symbionts. Several climate models predict that the intercontinental western United States will experience an increase in extreme precipitation events and warming temperatures. In 1996, northern Arizona, USA, experienced a 100-year drought that caused high local mortality of pinyon pine (Pinus edulis), a dominant tree of the southwest. We compared trunk growth, water potentials, and ectomycorrhizal dynamics for surviving trees at three high-mortality sites and adjacent low-mortality sites. Four major patterns emerged. First, surviving trees at sites that suffered high mortality...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Arizona,
Ecology,
Pinus edulis,
USA (northern),
climate-change effects,
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