Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

In one of its current projects, the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy, the Airpark-based nonprofit that serves as the steward of the over 30,000-acre McDowell Sonoran Preserve in North Scottsdale, ...

Jonathan Horst says saguaros are a keystone species. Jonathan Horst ... Without saguaros, in a lot of ways, giant pieces of the Sonoran Desert ecosystem just implode. Soon, thousands of these ...

Saguaros are a keystone species, "which means that a lot of ... Tohono O’odham have lived in the Sonoran Desert for thousands of years, and harvest their fruit in centuries-old traditions ...

Sonoran desert tortoises are a keystone species in the Sonoran desert, meaning they are an important factor for the overall ecosystem. However, Dwyer said, the tortoise is easily affected by human ...

This is an incredible place to visit because Saguaro cacti can only be found in the Sonoran Desert and they play a role as a ...

The cactus even has its own national park. The saguaro is also a keystone species of the Sonoran Desert. More than 100 other species rely on it for their survival. Gilded flickers and Gila ...

They wrote: "Decreases in abundance of dominant Sonoran Desert plant species, including velvet mesquite, foothill paloverde, and ocotillo, occurred in years with high temperatures. High ...