Chihuahuan Desert: Difference between revisions

According to the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] the Chihuahuan Desert may be the most biologically diverse desert in the world as measured by species richness or endemism. TheSome scientists suggest that the region has been badly degraded, mainlyby duegrazing tofrom grazingthe cattle industry. <ref name="WWF">{{WWF ecoregion |id=na1303 |name=Chihuahuan desert|accessdate=2010-10-22}}</ref> ManyHowever, nativescientists grasseslike Allan Savory suggest that increased desertification and otherdegridation speciesof haveexisting becomedesert dominatedgrassland byareas woodymay nativebe plants,attributed includingto creosotea bushcomplete andlack mesquiteof grazing, dueor in many cases, poor grazing management. The native grasslands that once suppprted unprecedented herds of bison have been reduced to overgrazingsparse, woody desert scrub, and otheris urbanizationpossibly the result of the bison being killed off. The [[Mexican wolf]], once abundant, was nearly extinct and remains on the endangered species list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mexicanwolves.org/|website=Mexican Wolves|accessdate=20 December 2017}}</ref>