Soil properties associated with vegetation patches in a Pinus Ponderosa--bunchgrass mosaic

Becky K. Kerns; Margaret M. Moore; Michael E. Timpson; Stephen C. Hart

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Soil properties associated with vegetation patches in a Pinus Ponderosa--bunchgrass mosaic

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Becky K. Kerns, Margaret M. Moore, Michael E. Timpson, Stephen C. Hart

Year:

2003

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

Western North American Naturalist. 63(4): 452-462

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Abstract

Since Euro-American settlement fire, exclusion and other factors have dramatically altered interior western coniferous forests. Once open and parklike, present-day structure in many southwestern pinus ponderosa forests consists of dense stands of young, small diameter trees, with small patches of larger, old trees, and relict open bunchgrass areas. Our objectives were to assess differences in soil properties associated with these different vegetation patches.

Keywords

forest soils, grassland soils, phytoliths, biosequence, nonmetric multidimensional scaling

Citation

Kerns, Becky K.; Moore, Margaret M.; Timpson, Michael E.; Hart, Stephen C. 2003. Soil properties associated with vegetation patches in a Pinus Ponderosa--bunchgrass mosaic. Western North American Naturalist. 63(4): 452-462.