Material in this section originates from the following category in our Subject Index:

Range Expansion (Woody Plants: USA Southwest)

Material preceded by an asterisk (*) was posted after this subject summary was written and therefore is not included in the summary.  This material will be integrated into the summary at a later date.

Summary

* -- Higher-Than-Present Relict Treelines in the Western United States

* -- Sixty-two Years of Shrub Expansion onto Colorado Alpine Tundra

* -- Woody Plant Encroachment on the USA's Southwestern Desert

* -- Carbon and Nitrogen Contents of Expanding Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands

* -- Why Plants Sometimes Migrate Downhill as Temperatures Rise

* -- Woody Plants Invading Grasslands

Woody-Plant Invasions of a California (USA) Grassland

Woody Plants Take Possession of Rangelands in Southern New Mexico, USA

Elevated CO2 Pumps Up Water Use Efficiency of Mesquite Seedlings

Joshua Tree Distribution in a CO2-Enriched Warmer World

Increases in Summer Precipitation Would Enable Oak Woodlands to Spread into Semi-Desert Grasslands in the Southwestern United States and Adjacent Mexico

The Invasion of Honey Mesquite in the Southwestern U.S.