Author : Jonathan E. Sloan
Release : 2013
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Relationships of Hydrological and Soil Conditions to Red Oak Acorn Yield in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Mississippi Interior Flatwoods Regions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Relationships of Hydrological and Soil Conditions to Red Oak Acorn Yield in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Mississippi Interior Flatwoods Regions write by Jonathan E. Sloan. This book was released on 2013. Relationships of Hydrological and Soil Conditions to Red Oak Acorn Yield in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Mississippi Interior Flatwoods Regions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Red oak (Quercus spp.) acorns provide food for wildlife and are propagules for regeneration of these trees. Annual yield of acorns varies temporally and site-specifically. I examined acorn yield in relation to hydrology and soils of hardwood bottomlands at five sites in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and a site in the Mississippi Interior Flatwoods Region during fall-winter 2012-2013. Acorn yield varied among sites (mean = 44.9 acorns/m2; SE = 6.7; CV = 14.9%). Duration of flooding during the growing season differed among sites which influenced soil characteristics. Acorn yield varied inversely with number of days sites were inundated during the growing season (R2 = 0.6725; P = 0.0456; n = 6) during 2012-2013. Managers should consider alleviating growing season flooding of red oaks, which may increase acorn yield and sustain red oaks and other bottomland hardwoods.