Open AccessThe Relation of Evaporation and Soil Moisture to Plant Succession in a Ravine
Author(s) -
Fred Ullrich
Publication year - 1915
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v12.341
Subject(s) - ravine , ecological succession , vegetation (pathology) , evaporation , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , water content , moisture , geology , geography , geotechnical engineering , ecology , meteorology , archaeology , biology , medicine , pathology
For some time geologists have surmised that differences in the evaporative power of the air and the soil-moisture content account for the succession of vegetation that accompanies the physiographicchanges in the development of a ravine. In order to determine whether or not this surmise can be supported by experimental data, this study was made during the summer of 1913.