Effect of landscape mulches on desert landscape microclimates

Agriculture & Biology

• granite 100%
• organic mulches 99%
• mulches 96%
• microclimate 80%
• deserts 69%
• soil 30%
• heat transfer 26%
• losses from soil 19%
• terrestrial radiation 18%
• Pinus ponderosa 15%
• pruning 12%
• soil temperature 12%
• evaporation 12%
• soil water 10%
• air 7%
• heat 6%
• water 5%
• temperature 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• mulch 94%
• microclimate 80%
• desert 60%
• granite 43%
• soil 27%
• effect 17%
• heat transfer 15%
• longwave radiation 10%
• pine 7%
• soil water 7%
• evaporation 7%
• temperature 6%
• air 4%
• loss 4%
• water 2%