Contributions of water supply from the weathered bedrock zone to forest soil quality

Geoderma

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 389-400

  Witty, James H ^a   Graham, Robert C ^a   Hubbert, Kenneth R ^b   Doolittle, James A ^c   Wald, Jonathan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Granitic rock; Jeffrey pine; Ponderosa pine; Regolith; Roots; Site productivity

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; FOREST SOIL; LITHOLOGY; SOIL QUALITY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0038477103     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(03)00051-X     Document Type: Article

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