Blue oak enhance soil quality in California oak woodlands
Blue oaks create islands of enhanced soil quality and fertility beneath their canopy. The quality of soil beneath the oak canopy is considerably better than that of the grasslands adjacent to the trees. We found evidence of improved soil quality under blue oaks for physica...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2003-04-01
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Series: | California Agriculture |
Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v057n02p42 |