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bed-construction · mader-2010-alkali-bee

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Claim ID
bed-construction
Assertion
Artificial nesting beds need silty loam with no more than seven percent clay, soil moisture held between 8 and 35 percent, standpipe irrigation, and surface salt applied at about 1 pound per square foot; nests lie in the upper roughly 8 inches (20 centimeters) of soil.
Quote
no more than seven percent clay
Quote language
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