Open AccessGophers love oak — to death
Author(s) -
Theodore E. Adams,
William H. Weitkamp
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
california agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2160-8091
pISSN - 0008-0845
DOI - 10.3733/ca.v046n05p27
Subject(s) - seedling , competition (biology) , biology , ecology , geography , weed , agronomy
Weed competition, insects, and small mammals all account for oak seedling loss. High populations of pocket gophers, as at Lopez Lake County Park in San Luis Obispo County, can destroy 90% of 2 to 3-month-old transplanted valley oak seedlings in the first year. Without effective protection from pocket gophers, any control of or protection from other small mammals and control of competition may be of little value
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