Hardware cloth seed-spot screens reduce high surface soil temperature

H.A. Fowells; R.K. Arnold

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Hardware cloth seed-spot screens reduce high surface soil temperature

Formally Refereed

Authors:

H.A. Fowells, R.K. Arnold

Year:

1939

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Journal of Forestry. 37(10): 821-822.

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Abstract

Screens made of hardware cloth are commonly used to protect seed-spots in forest plantations from the depredations of birds and rodents. It is important to know whether or not the screens influence germination and survival of seedlings in addition to furnishing protection against animals.

Citation

Fowells, H.A.; Arnold, R.K. 1939. Hardware cloth seed-spot screens reduce high surface soil temperature. Journal of Forestry. 37(10): 821-822.