01674naa a2200205 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400290006010000170008924501080010626000090021452010800022365000220130365000130132565000150133865300140135370000190136770000180138677300640140415214242023-11-13       1972    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 aDOI 10.2307/38965562DOI1 aDAVIS, J. B.  aEstimating forage production from shrub ring widths in hot creek valley, Nevada.h[electronic resource]  c1972  aAbstract: Floristic and soil factors on 60 sites in the shadscale and sagebrush zone in Hot Creek Valley, Nevada were sampled to derive one or more equations for estimating production on those sites. The factors were analyzed by an all possible correlation followed by stepwise regression with production as the dependent variable. Many of the factors correlated significantly with production, but widths of growth rings of shrubs accounted for most of the variation in production. Thus, ring widths of big sagebrush, bud sagebrush, shadscale, common winterfat, and spiny hopsage were used to derive regression equations to estimate forage production. Big sagebrush and shadscale ring widths varied exponentially with production, while a linear relationship expressed the regression of production on ring widths for the other shrubs. The linear regression probably represents only a portion of the complete curve. The methods of collection and analysis of shrub rings to derive production estimation equations could probably be extended to other areas within the Great Basin.  aForage production  aPastagem  aProdução  aEstimacao1 aTUELLER, P. T.1 aBRUNER, A. D.  tJournal of Range Managementgv. 25, n. 2, p. 398-402, 1972.