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Soil Physical Properties in Relation to Plant Community Patterns in the Shadscale Zone of Northwestern Utah
Author(s) -
Mitchell John E.,
West Neil E.,
Miller Raymond W.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1933941
Subject(s) - ecology , plant community , vegetation (pathology) , atriplex , soil water , geography , biology , environmental science , ecological succession , medicine , pathology
Physical properties of soils associated with monospecific communities of Eurotia lanata and Atriplex confertifolia were studied to determine their possible influence on the vegetation pattern. Complete homogeneity of all properties examined indicated a lack of genetic soil variability as a cause of community differentiation.