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标题：Effects of soil chemistry on restoration of warm-season grasses for wildlife.
作者：Reichard, Larry
期刊名称：Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
印刷版ISSN：0544-540X
出版年度：2005
期号：January
语种：English
出版社：Missouri Academy of Science
摘要：Soil samples where taken from Guy B. Park in Platte County located in northwestern Missouri during the fall of 2004. The area had been previously chemically treated, planted with warm-season grasses, burned, and replanted with warm-season grasses to improve the habitat for various wildlife species. The warm-season grasses did not establish evenly throughout the field; instead, they grew back in patchy areas. We took 15 soil samples from areas where grasses grew and 15 samples from areas where grasses did not grow. Soil samples were taken back to the lab and tested for levels of macronutrients, micronutrients, pH, and soil texture. Nitrite and potassium were higher in areas without warm-season grasses, whereas aluminum, ferric iron, and pH were higher in areas that warm-season grasses grew. Soil chemistry and other physiographic factors (e.g. slope, aspect, and elevation) may have played a role in the patchy establishment of warm-season grasses.
关键词：Grasses;Soil chemistry

Effects of soil chemistry on restoration of warm-season grasses for wildlife.

Reichard, Larry

Soil samples where taken from Guy B. Park in Platte County located in northwestern Missouri during the fall of 2004. The area had been previously chemically treated, planted with warm-season grasses, burned, and replanted with warm-season grasses to improve the habitat for various wildlife species. The warm-season grasses did not establish evenly throughout the field; instead, they grew back in patchy areas. We took 15 soil samples from areas where grasses grew and 15 samples from areas where grasses did not grow. Soil samples were taken back to the lab and tested for levels of macronutrients, micronutrients, pH, and soil texture. Nitrite and potassium were higher in areas without warm-season grasses, whereas aluminum, ferric iron, and pH were higher in areas that warm-season grasses grew. Soil chemistry and other physiographic factors (e.g. slope, aspect, and elevation) may have played a role in the patchy establishment of warm-season grasses.

* Holcomb, S., S. Leap, and T.M. Gabor. Biology Department, Park University.