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Soil Moisture And Light Conditions Impact Digital And Visual Soil Color Assessments, Isabella Hill
Soil Moisture And Light Conditions Impact Digital And Visual Soil Color Assessments, Isabella Hill
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Determining soil color has traditionally been done visually, but inaccuracies with this method have been documented, including disagreement in evaluators, to differences in physical color books. Determining Munsell soil color in the field is also subject to environmental conditions, including soil water content (SWC) and light intensity. New digital spectral technology designed for determining soil color may offer accurate assessments regardless of human inaccuracies and environmental conditions. This research aimed to assess if visual observations differed from digital measurements of Munsell soil color as well as, the impacts of SWC and light on visual observations and digital measurements of soil …
Longleaf Pine Restoration In The South Carolina Sandhills Wiregrass Gap, Jacob W. Murray
Longleaf Pine Restoration In The South Carolina Sandhills Wiregrass Gap, Jacob W. Murray
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Longleaf pine restoration has been a topic of great concern and intrigue in the southeast and has taken on new fervor in recent decades as restoration methods continue to develop. Many landowners and forest managers are now pursuing ecological forestry and restoration ecology in great numbers as a new form of land management. However, niche regions can often be overlooked, as is the case with the Carolina Sandhills Wiregrass Gap, an area devoid of wiregrass and one that is on the outskirt regions of the historical longleaf pine range. Field studies were conducted pre- and post-harvest during two growing seasons …