Livestock Numbers in Nineteenth-Century New Mexico, and the Problem of Gullying in the Southwest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8378221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William M Denevan (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 691-703 |
| Publication date | 1967-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1967.tb00630.x |
| OpenAlex | W2025090465 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 8 |
In the 1880's, intensive accelerated erosion began producing large gullies throughout the Southwestern United States. This modern arroyo cutting was originally attributed to deterioration of the protective vegetation cover because of below normal rainfall and overgrazing by excessive numbers of livestock (4,000,000 sheep in New Mexico in 1880). However, recent studies have stressed the greater importance of increased high intensity rainfall. Additional perspective is provided by an examination of livestock numbers in the upper Rio Grande region of New Mexico during the 19th century, particularly during the Mexican period when the ranges were heavily stocked with sheep (possibly 3,000,000 head in the 1820's), but with little or no gullying. The incomplete record of livestock numbers in relation to climate and gullying backs up the climatic argument but also gives some new support to the older view that overgrazing was a major contributive factor causing severe modern gullying
Agronomy · Biology · Geography · Grazing · Livestock · Overgrazing · Period (music) · Physical geography · Vegetation (pathology) · Vegetation cover · Archaeology and Natural History · Forestry · Medicine · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Tree-ring climate responses
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| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 2026 (45) |
| Highly cited | No |