References for species: Agave lechuguilla

1. Ahlstrand, Gary M. 1982. Response of Chihuahuan Desert mountain shrub vegetation to burning. Journal of Range Management. 35(1): 62-65. [296]

2. Belmares, Hector; Castillo, J. Ernesto; Barrera, Arnold. 1979. Natural hard fibers of the North American Continent. Statistical correlations of physical and mechanical properties of lechuguilla fiber. Textile Research Journal. 49(11): 619-622. [12069]

3. Botkin, C. W.; Shires, L. B.; Smith, E. C. 1943. Fiber of native plants in New Mexico. Bulletin 300. Las Cruces, NM: New Mexico State University, Agricultural Experiment Station. 38 p. [5097]

4. Brown, David E. 1982. Chihuahuan desertscrub. In: Brown, David E., ed. Biotic communities of the American Southwest--United States and Mexico. Desert Plants. 4(1-4): 169-179. [3607]

5. Bunting, Stephen C.; Wright, Henry A. 1977. Effects of fire on desert mountain shrub vegetation in Trans-Pecos, Texas. In: Sosebee, Ronald E.; Wright, Henry A., eds. Research highlights: Noxious brush and weed control: range and wildlife management. Volume 8. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University: 14-15. [12205]

6. Castetter, Edward F.; Bell, Willis H.; Grove, Alvin R. 1938. The early utilization and the distribution of Agave in the American Southwest. The University of New Mexico Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 4 (Whole number 335). Albuquerque, NM: The University of New Mexico Press. 92 p. [12060]

7. Denyes, H. Arliss. 1956. Natural terrestrial communities of Brewster County, Texas, with special reference to the distribution of the mammals. The American Midland Naturalist. 55(2): 289-320. [10862]

8. Dick-Peddie, William A.; Alberico, Michael S. 1977. Fire ecology study of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas: Phase I. CDRI Contribution No. 35. Alpine, TX: The Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute. 47 p. [5002]

9. Eyre, F. H., ed. 1980. Forest cover types of the United States and Canada. Washington, DC: Society of American Foresters. 148 p. [905]

10. Freeman, C. E. 1973. Some germination responses of lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla Torr.). The Southwestern Naturalist. 18(2): 125-134. [12234]

11. Freeman, C. Edward; Reid, William H. 1985. Aspects of the reproductive biology of Agave lechuguilla Torr. Desert Plants. 7(2): 75-80. [12035]

12. Freeman, C. E.; Tiffany, Robert S.; Reid, William H. 1977. Germination responses of Agave lechuguilla, A. parryi, and Fouquieria splendens. The Southwestern Naturalist. 22(2): 195-204. [2494]

13. Garrison, George A.; Bjugstad, Ardell J.; Duncan, Don A.; [and others]. 1977. Vegetation and environmental features of forest and range ecosystems. Agric. Handb. 475. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 68 p. [998]

14. Gehlbach, Frederick R. 1967. Vegetation of the Guadalupe Escarpment, New Mexico-Texas. Ecology. 48(3): 404-419. [5149]

15. Gentry, Howard Scott. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press. 670 p. [12162]

16. Kartesz, John T.; Kartesz, Rosemarie. 1980. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Volume II: The biota of North America. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press; in confederation with Anne H. Lindsey and C. Richie Bell, North Carolina Botanical Garden. 500 p. [6954]

17. Kittams, Walter H. 1973. Effect of fire on vegetation of the Chihuahuan Desert region. In: Proceedings, annual Tall Timbers fire ecology conference; 1972 June 8-9; Lubbock, Texas. No. 12. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station: 427-444. [6271]

18. Kuchler, A. W. 1964. Manual to accompany the map of potential vegetation of the conterminous United States. Special Publication No. 36. New York: American Geographical Society. 77 p. [1384]

19. Levin, Geoffrey A. 1988. How plants survive in the desert. Environment Southwest. Summer: 20-25. [9239]

20. Lyon, L. Jack; Stickney, Peter F. 1976. Early vegetal succession following large northern Rocky Mountain wildfires. In: Proceedings, Tall Timbers fire ecology conference and Intermountain Fire Research Council fire and land management symposium; 1974 October 8-10; Missoula, MT. No. 14. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station: 355-373. [1496]

21. MacMahon, James A. 1985. The Audubon Society nature guides: Deserts. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 638 p. [4956]

22. Muller, Cornelius H. 1940. Plant succession in the Larrea-Flourensia climax. Ecology. 21: 206-212. [4244]

23. Nobel, Park S. 1988. Environmental biology of agaves and cacti. New York: Cambridge University Press. 270 p. [12163]

24. Nobel, Park S.; Quero, Edgar. 1986. Environmental productivity indices for a Chihuahuan Desert CAM plant, Agave lechuguilla. Ecology. 67(1): 1-11. [12067]

25. Nobel, Park S.; Quero, Edgar; Linares, Heladio. 1989. Root versus shoot biomass: responses to water, nitrogen, and phosphorus applications for agave lechuguilla. Botanical Gazette. 150(4): 411-416. [12165]

26. Powell, A. Michael. 1988. Trees & shrubs of Trans-Pecos Texas including Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks. Big Bend National Park, TX: Big Bend Natural History Association. 536 p. [6130]

27. Quero, D.; Nobel, P. S. 1987. Predictions of field productivity for Agave lechuguilla. Journal of Applied Ecology. 24: 1053-1062. [12068]

28. Raunkiaer, C. 1934. The life forms of plants and statistical plant geography. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 632 p. [2843]

29. Reid, William H.; Freeman, C. Edward; Echlin, R. Douglas. 1981. Soil and plant relationships in a Chihuahuan Desert Larrea-Agave community. The Southwestern Naturalist. 26(1): 85-88. [12235]

30. Severson, Kieth E.; Medina, Alvin L. 1983. Deer and elk habitat management in the Southwest. Journal of Range Management Monograph No. 2. Denver: Society for Range Management. 64 p. [2110]

31. Sheldon, Sam. 1980. Ethnobotany of Agave lechuguilla and Yucca carnerosana in Mexico's Zona Ixtlera. Economic Botany. 34(4): 376-390. [12063]

32. Sperry, O. E.; Dollahite, J. W.; Hoffman, G. O.; Camp, B. J. 1964. Texas plants poisonous to livestock. Report B-1028. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural Extension Service. 59 p. [23510]

33. Steger, Robert E.; Beck, Reldon F. 1973. Range plants as ornamentals. Journal of Range Management. 26: 72-74. [12038]

34. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 1982. National list of scientific plant names. Vol. 1. List of plant names. SCS-TP-159. Washington, DC. 416 p. [11573]

35. Vines, Robert A. 1960. Trees, shrubs, and woody vines of the Southwest. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. 1104 p. [7707]

36. Wester, David B.; Dahl, B. E. 1983. Vegetation below the eastern escarpment, Guadalupe Mountains National Park. In: Britton, Carlton M.; Guthery, Fred S., eds. Research Highlights--1983: Noxious brush and weed control; range and wildlife management. Vol. 14. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University: 21-22. [12314]

37. Stickney, Peter F. 1989. Seral origin of species originating in northern Rocky Mountain forests. Unpublished draft on file at: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, MT; RWU 4403 files. 10 p. [20090]

38. Bernard, Stephen R.; Brown, Kenneth F. 1977. Distribution of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians by BLM physiographic regions and A.W. Kuchler's associations for the eleven western states. Tech. Note 301. Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 169 p. [434]

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