Determining soil-tree-grass relationships in a California oak savanna using eco-geophysics

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 528-536

  Robinson, David A ^a   Lebron, Inma ^a   Querejeta, José Ignacio ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK SOILS; CALIFORNIA; CLAY CONTENT; CODOMINANCE; NOVEL METHODS; OAK SAVANNA; QUERCUS SPP; RAPID MEASUREMENT; RAPID METHOD; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RESOURCE HETEROGENEITY; ROOTING DEPTHS; SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS; SIGNAL RESPONSE; SOIL RESOURCES; SOIL TEXTURES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL RESOURCES; TEMPORAL DATA; TREE COMMUNITY; WATER UPTAKE;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOIL MOISTURE;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; GEOPHYSICS; GRASS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HETEROGENEITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAVANNA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER UPTAKE; WOODLAND;

CLIMATES; COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTIVES; MODELS; MOISTURE; PLANTS; RESISTIVITY; SOIL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AESCULUS CALIFORNICA; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; JUNONIA COENIA; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 79960242751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2009.0041     Document Type: Article

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