Soil genesis and morphology of a montane meadow in the northern Sierra Nevada range

Soil Science

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 136-152

  Blank, R R ^a   Svejcar, T J ^a   Riegel, G M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; MONTANE MEADOW; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL GENESIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA, FEATHER RIVER;

EID: 0029478685     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: 15389243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199516020-00007     Document Type: Article

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