Influence of Soil Water Repellency on Seedling Emergence and Plant Survival in a Burned Semi-Arid Woodland

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-249

  Madsen, Matthew D ^a   Petersen, Steven L ^b   Fernelius, Kaitlynn J ^b   Roundy, Bruce A ^b   Taylor, Alan G ^c   Hopkins, Bryan G ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

erosion; hydrophobicity; pinyon juniper; reseeding; restoration; revegetation; surfactants; weeds; wetting agents; wildfire

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAND DEGRADATION; NATIVE SPECIES; OXIDE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLYMER; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL; WEED; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; ELYMUS; ELYMUS WAWAWAIENSIS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 84866690557     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2012.680655     Document Type: Article

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