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cehatch / Soil-Moisture-Paper

Soil moisture research from Foothills Preserve and Tidmarsh Nature Sanctuary, manuscripts
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1. The Story #3

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cehatch commented 6 years ago

Writing Step 1. Identify the story: What are the implications of your results?

cehatch commented 6 years ago

1. The story: Soil moisture in the root zone influences biodiversity and plant communities. Moisture content in a fallow farm is generally uniform and low variability. In a restored wetland, moisture content is higher. Where restoration actions have created topographic variation and mixed soil types on the land surface, moisture variability is much greater. Future implications include: colonization by a wide variety of plant communities, generation of perpetually wet areas that promote colonization of desired wetland species: the niche species that belong in this environment, and potentially colonization by undesirable and opportunistic invasive species that are good first-colonizers of these very dry islands.