Predicting first-year bare-root seedling establishment with soil and community dominance factors

Robin E. Durham; Benjamin A. Zamora; Michael R. Sackschewsky; Jason C. Ritter

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Predicting first-year bare-root seedling establishment with soil and community dominance factors

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Robin E. Durham, Benjamin A. Zamora, Michael R. Sackschewsky, Jason C. Ritter

Year:

2001

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: McArthur, E. Durant; Fairbanks, Daniel J., comps. Shrubland ecosystem genetics and biodiversity: proceedings; 2000 June 13-15; Provo, UT. Proc. RMRS-P-21. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 204-209.

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Abstract

The usefulness of measuring community dominance factors and the soil parameters of geometric mean particle size and percent fines as predictors of first-year bare-root establishment of Wyoming big sagebrush seedlings was investigated. The study was conducted on six sandy soils in south-central Washington. Soil parameters that could affect the distribution of Sandberg’s bluegrass and cheatgrass as dominants in seral plant communities were also examined. Plant health was inversely related to increasing geometric mean particle size and directly related to increasing percent fines. Percent fines were also directly related to cheatgrass cover on these sandy soils. The highest sagebrush survival occurred on the alien-dominated sites.

Parent Publication

Shrubland ecosystem genetics and biodiversity: proceedings

Keywords

wildland shrubs, genetics, biodiversity, disturbance, ecophysiology, community ecology

Citation

Durham, Robin E.; Zamora, Benjamin A.; Sackschewsky, Michael R.; Ritter, Jason C. 2001. Predicting first-year bare-root seedling establishment with soil and community dominance factors. In: McArthur, E. Durant; Fairbanks, Daniel J., comps. Shrubland ecosystem genetics and biodiversity: proceedings; 2000 June 13-15; Provo, UT. Proc. RMRS-P-21. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 204-209.