Post-drought vegetation dynamics on arid rangelands in southern New Mexico

Summary; Introduction; Materials and methods; Description of study area; Precipitation; Temperature; Wind and evaporation; Soil and topography; Soil water; Stocking rates; Procedures; Precipitation; Plant cover; Yields; Protection plots; Results and discussion; Plant cover; Ustollic Calciorthid Reagan (soil d); Haplargids -Calciorthid Headquarters- Dona Ana-Chispa Complex (soil e); Calciorthid Algerita-Chispa Complex (soil f); Ustollic Haplargid Stellar (soil g); Typic Calciorthids (m); Typic Haplargids Berino and Yucca (soil o); Torripsamment Bluepoint (soil p); Typic Haplargids (soil r); Paleargids-Paleorthids-Haplargids (soil s); Paleargids-Paleorthids (soil t); Production of perennial grasses; Typic Torriorthent Engholm (soil a); Ustollic Calciorthid Barcross (soil b); Ustollic Calciorthid Reagan (soil d); Ustollic Haplargid Stellar (S1, soil g); Ustollic Haplargid Stellar (S3, soil g) Typic Haplargids Berino and Yucca (soil o); Typic Torripsamment Bluepoint (soil p); Paleargids and Paleorthids (soil t); Protection plots; Study a; Study b; Conclusions; Literature cited; Appendix 1: Nomenclature of plants; Appendix 2: Conversion from metric to English units;Bulletin containing the results of a study of the effect of the 1951-1956 drought on and the subsequent recovery of vegetation on Southwestern rangelands