"Rodent-denuded areas of the northern Mojave Desert" by R. B. Hunter, E. M. Romney et al.

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Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Article Title

Rodent-denuded areas of the northern Mojave Desert

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R. B. Hunter, Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024
E. M. Romney, Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024
A. Wallace, Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024

Abstract

Populations of pocket gophers and rabbits regulate or control the perennial vegetation on relatively large sites in the northern Mojave Desert. Aboveground shoots are pruned and whole plants are killed by complete cutting of main roots.

Recommended Citation

Hunter, R. B.; Romney, E. M.; and Wallace, A. (1980) "Rodent-denuded areas of the northern Mojave Desert," Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs: Vol. 4, Article 29.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbnm/vol4/iss1/29

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