Author Info

James A. West

Abstract

Situated at the northwest end of Santa Cruz County and occupying circa 30 square miles of sharply contrasted terrain, the Scott Creek Watershed concentrates within its geomorphological boundaries, at least 10-12% of California's flora, both native and introduced. Paradoxically, the use/abuse that the watershed has sustained over the past 140+ years, has not necessarily diminished the biodiversity and perhaps parallels the naturally disruptive but biologically energizing processes (fire, flooding, landslides and erosion), which have also been historically documented for the area for +60 years. This is an early edition of an extensive document by James A. West. Please visit the most recent edition, revised in 2016, with recent addendums at https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/spr_assocres/1/

Disciplines

Biodiversity | Biology | Botany | Plant Sciences

Number of Pages

254

AddendumOct2015Rev_ResTopics_SupplementalVer_2015-Dec.pdf (496 kB)
Addendum: Research Topics Draft

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URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/spr_assocres/14