67
P
Packrat middens , 44
Paleocene , 43
Paleocene–Eocene , 43
Patches , 12, 29
Patchy , 49
Periodic fi res , 49
Pinion , 45
Pleistocene , 43
Pollen records , 44
Polyphyletic , 7
Pools of biogeochemicals , 51
Primary production , 51
Primary succession , 11
Productivity , 11
Prosopis , 11
Prosopis glandulosa , 33, 35–40
Pyric climax , 60
R
Radiocarbon dating , 44
Rainfall , 12
distribution , 62
gradient , 59
Recurring fi res , 54
Release of carbon , 43
Replacement species , 19, 60, 63
Resource ratio , 12
Resource ratio theory , 25
Restoration , v
Riparian species , 1
Rodents , 37
Root excluders , 39, 40
S
Savannas , 11
Science fi ction , v
Secondary succession , 11–13
Seedlings of woody plants , 55
Semiarid , 44, 45
Senegalia , 11, 45
S. berlandieri , 25, 28
Schizachyrium scoparium , 35, 36
Severe droughts , 62
Shade , 18
Shade tolerant , 27
Shrublands , 11
Soil
carbon , 28
conservation , 1
depth , 38
nitrogen levels , 25, 28, 30
resource , 12
Sonoran desert , 27, 28
Space aliens , v
Space for time studies , 20
Spatial studies , 19
Structure , 11
Sub-tropical , 27
Succession , 11
Successional , 33
Successional sequence , 19, 21
Surface light levels , 25, 30
Sustainability , 55
Swollen-thorn acacias , 7, 8
Systematics , 7
T
Tamaulipan woodlands , 3
Taxonomy , 7
Temporal studies , 19
Texas persimmon , 30
Thick bark , 55
Thorn woodlands , 3
Tolerant of shade , 13
Transplant studies , 27
Tree harvest , 11
Tropical grassland , 27
U
Uncertainty , 63
Unclipped , 34
V
Vachellia , 11
V. farnesiana , 25–27, 33,
34, 37
V. rigidula , 25, 28
W
Warmer, high CO 2 world , 59
Warm season grasslands , 13
Water cycle , 62
Weather patterns , 62
Woodlands , 11
Woody legumes , 1–4
Woody plants , 33, 37
Woody plant seedlings , 52
Index