Effects of tree canopies on soil characteristics of annual rangeland
Issue Date
1991-05-01Keywords
cation exchange capacityedaphic factors
soil organic matter
soil density
soil properties
Quercus douglasii
Quercus wislizeni
Pinus sabiniana
soil fertility
pastures
growth rate
California
rangelands
canopy
bulk density
forage
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Frost, W. E., & Edinger, S. B. (1991). Effects of tree canopies on soil characteristics of annual rangeland. Journal of Range Management, 44(3), 286-288.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/4002959Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
In the central California region of annual rangeland, herbage production beneath blue oak (Quercus douglasii Hook & Arn.) canopies is greater and production beneath the canopies of interior live oak (Quercus wislizenii DC) and digger pine (Pinus sabiniana Dougl.) is less than that in adjacent open grassland. The objective of this investigation was to assess the impact of these major overstory species on soil-associated characteristics in an effort to explain this tree-herbage production relationship. Greater amounts of organic carbon (OC), greater cation exchange capacity (CEC), lower bulk density, and greater concentrations of some nutrients were found beneath blue oak canopies than in open grassland. This explains, at least in part, the increased herbage production beneath blue oak canopy.Type
textArticle
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enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/4002959