TY - JOUR
AU1 - Launchbaugh, John L.
AB - VEGETATIONAL CHANGES IN rrHE SAN ANTONIO PRAIRIE ASSOCIATED WITH GRAZING, RETIREMENT FROM GRAZING AND ABANDONMENT FROM CULTIVATION JOHN L. LAUNCHBAUGH School of Forestry, University f California, Berkeley, Californ;a T ABljE OF CONTENTS PAGE PAGE INTRODUCTION •..••.•......•.•...••...•..•. Vegetational Retrogression in Relation to Micro- HISTORY OF AREA •••..•..••....•..••.......•..• " 40 topography ............. : ................ 48 REVIEW OF LITERATURE ••...••.•.•.....•. '" ..••. 41 Secondary Plant Succession on Land Retired from Vegetation Grazing ................................. 50 Succession 42 Secondary Plant Succession on Abandoned DESCRIPTION OF AREA ••...••.••••••..•..•••••..• 42 Cultivated Land .......................... 51 Geology ...................................... 42 Seasonal Development of the Vegetation ........ 54 Soils ........................................ 42 Early spring aspect ...................... _ .. 54 Climate ••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••.•••.••• 42 Spring aspect .............................. 54 METHODS •••.•••••••.••....••••.•....••.•....•• 43 Summer aspect ............................. 54 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ........•.•....•...• ..• 43 Fall aspect ................................. 55 Climax Vegetation ............................ 43 Winter aspect .............................. 55 Vegetational .Retrogression Caused by Grazing ... 44 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS .....•.•.•.•.•••..••• 55 Increase in Density of Mesquite ............... 47 Effects of Moderate Grazing on Hay Meadows .... 48 LITERATURE CITED ••••..•••••••••••••.•••.•..•• 57 INTRODUCTION ly cotton, corn and small grains. Many sites which have not been cultivated have been grazed by domestic The San Antonio Prairie as represented in Figure livestock, 
TI - Vegetational Changes in the San Antonio Prairie Associated with Grazing, Retirement from Grazing, and Abandonment from Cultivation
JF - Ecological Monographs
DO - 10.2307/1943213
DA - 1955-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/vegetational-changes-in-the-san-antonio-prairie-associated-with-P3dCB6tGgB
SP - 39
EP - 57
VL - 25
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -