Sentences with phrase «in pinyon»

She'd come upon a tree stand tucked about fifteen feet high in a pinyon, with tree steps still in place.

We used to live in a pinyon / juniper forrest and I was always afraid of fire!

His department has already seen a reduction in pinyon pines, and according to the USGS study, which is still undergoing peer review, things are only going to get worse.

When pinyon nuts are plentiful, there is an increase in pinyon jay hatchlings, but when nourishment is scarce, hatchling populations scale way back, Pierce said.

Another rival could be the co-dominant tree in pinyon - juniper ecosystems.

Not exact matches

Fungi often manifest above ground as mushrooms, but in northern Arizona's pinyon habitat, the microorganisms are primarily below ground.

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Northern Arizona University researcher Catherine Gehring reached this conclusion while studying pinyon - juniper woodlands in northern Arizona, which support nearly 1,000 unique species.

The study sites were spread out across 5,000 square miles of pinyon - juniper woodlands in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, to capture the wide range of elevation and soil gradients these trees take root in.

«Recent droughts have resulted in widespread pinyon pine mortality throughout much of the southwestern U.S.,» said Miranda Redmond, CSU assistant professor and lead author of the study.

With all the discussion about global climate change effects, new research shows that another kind of climate is an important factor in regional pinyon pine tree recovery after drought events — the microclimate.

But beauty won't save the pinyon jay nor will blandness work against its cousin when climate change raises temperatures and alters bird habitats in the southwestern United States, according to research sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey.

The short, bushy pinyon pine thrives in the arid climate of the U.S. Southwest, where there may be little or no rain for months or even years.

So ecologist Henry Adams, a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona (U.A.) in Tucson, and his colleagues decided to test the effect of higher average temperatures on the pinyon, Pinus edulis.

In response to drought, the pinyons close the tiny openings on their needles known as stomata to conserve water but, by doing so, also block their supply of carbon dioxide, thus shutting down photosynthesis, Adams says.

«It's possible the pinyon is a canary in a coal mine, but the question is a lot broader than just the piñon pine.»

At night, we socialized with the rest of the summer staff in those magical waters as the smell of sweat from climbers and hikers blended with the chlorine stench from the pool and the smoke from pinyon and juniper wood.

The authors showed that a widespread, severe drought - and - beetle - induced die - off of pinyon pine in the American Southwest was exacerbated by higher average temperatures, relative to past episodes of drought.

This sky - blue jay is one of the most specialized birds in the U.S. and Canada, its entire life history tightly connected with the availability of conifer seeds, with pinyon seeds being highly favored.

Latin name: Pinus edulis Burned sections of pinyon pine are commonly found in archaeological sites in the southwestern U.S..

Environmental signals inherent in carbon isotope indices from Southwestern pinyon tree rings.

Beetle attacks on drought - and heat - stressed trees are blamed for a massive die - off of pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) in northern New Mexico in the early 2000s.