Response of Soil Moisture to Infrequent Heavy Defoliation of Chemically Thinned Juniper Woodland

Understory Vegetation Response to Thinning Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands

“…The objective of this study was to assess herbaceous vegetation response to one-seed juniper ( Juniperus monosperma Engelm) removal in P-J woodlands of north-central New Mexico. Several studies ( Schott and Pieper 1985 ;Pieper 1990 ;Jacobs and Gatewood 1999 ;Mason et al 2009 ;Garduno et al 2010 ;Fernald et al 2022 ) have evaluated vegetation overstory-understory relationships in New Mexico. However, this study looked at relationships spanning a decade in multiple catchments to monitor juniper removal effects on forage response.…”