3-712: Mesquite Bosque is a vegetative association within the Southwestern United States , under the Kuchler scheme of plant association categories. The Mesquite Bosque association occurs in the Sonoran Desert , with mesquite ( Prosopis spp.) dominating. In some cases, this plant association is along xeric portions of desert floodplains , bajadas , and arroyos . The mesquite ( Prosopis ) species include: Other species include: Association (ecology) In phytosociology and community ecology an association
6-557: A common point along a continuum. The former view was championed by American ecologist Frederic Clements , who viewed the association as a whole that was more than the sum of its parts, and by Josias Braun-Blanquet , a Swiss-born phytosociologist. On the other end of the argument was American ecologist Henry Gleason , who saw these groupings of plant species as a coincidence produced by the "fluctuation and fortuitous immigration of plants, and an equally fluctuating and variable environment". This article about environmental habitats
9-537: Is a type of ecological community with a predictable species composition and consistent physiognomy (structural appearance) which occurs in a particular habitat type . The term was first coined by Alexander von Humboldt and formalised by the International Botanical Congress in 1910. An association can be viewed as a real, integrated entity shaped either by species interactions or by similar habitat requirements, or it can be viewed as merely
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