Empirical Measurement of Environmental Gradients in Ecological Surveys
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Soil temperature, soil moisture and soil fertility were determined empirically at 63 predominantly hill sites in the South Island, New Zealand. Soil temperatures were measured at a depth of 0.5 m in four seasons and gave a standard deviation of mean annual temperature between sites of 2.2 °C. Soil moisture levels, as available water in a 0-0.5 m profile, measured seasonally, gave a standard deviation between sites of 49 mm water. Soil fertility was measured in a common environment as yield of a test species grown in each soil expressed as a percentage of the yield in the same soil given complete nutrients. On this scale the standard deviation between sites was 19%. The trial showed that these environmental factors can be empirically measured in surveys.
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