Analysis shows significant moisture loss during summer storms in ponderosa pine stands, indicating crucial forest conditions.
Between 0.16 and 1.09 inches of moisture were lost from the forest floor on plots of pole-size ponderosa pine during part of the summer thundershower period in Arizona. This represented a loss of from 7 to 27 percent of gross precipitation. Stand age offered a good estimate of weight of the forest floor on these plots.
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