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Mapping mortality following a long-term drought in a pinyon-juniper ecosystem in Arizona and New Mexico using Landsat data

Creator:

Kirschbaum, Alan A.

Abstract:

Protracted drought in the southwest U.S. has had significant impacts on the region’s keystone ecosystem, the pinyon-juniper (PJ) woodlands. Drought conditions in 9 of the last 10 years, exacerbated by extreme drought in one year, stressed the pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) trees, making them highly vulnerable to native ips beetles...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis