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Science 6 October 2000:
Vol. 290. no. 5489, pp. 35 - 37
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5489.35
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ECOSYSTEM RECOVERY:
Ghost Towns Tell Tales of Ecological Boom and Bust

Kathryn Brown

Scarred desert ecosystems are recovering at the sites of some abandoned boomtowns, but are slow to heal at others. Soil age appears to be the key difference; younger soils seem better able to bounce back from insults than older soils. The emerging data could help the managers of the Mojave's six military bases and four national parks make ecologically sound management decisions.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)