Evaluating efficacy of restoration techniques, Keys View Road reconstruction, Joshua Tree National Park, California, U.S.A

Authors

Scott R. Abella, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
E. Cayenne Engel, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

Summer 2010

Publication Title

Mojave Applied Ecology Notes

Volume

3

Issue

2

First page number:

3

Last page number:

4

Abstract

Keys View Road in Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR) was recently repaved, resulting in a buffer of vegetation and soil disturbance along the road corridor. In order to mitigate the effects of the repaving, JOTR designed an experimental framework to test various revegetation strategies. They outplanted salvaged and nursery grown native plant species in conjunction with vertical mulch in a fully crossed design (outplanting only, vertical mulch only, outplanting + vertical mulch, bare ground) to examine if any of the treatments most efficiently establish native plant communities.

Keywords

Desert plants; Endemic plants; Joshua Tree National Park (Calif.); Restoration ecology; Road work zones – Environmental aspects

Disciplines

Desert Ecology | Natural Resources and Conservation | Other Earth Sciences | Other Environmental Sciences

Language

English

Repository Citation

Abella, S. R., Engel, E. C. (2010). Evaluating efficacy of restoration techniques, Keys View Road reconstruction, Joshua Tree National Park, California, U.S.A. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes, 3(2), 3-4.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/sea_fac_articles/370