Canopy treatments did not affect soil moisture or soil temperature
in 2009 or 2010 (pP0.372). Cultural treatments did not affect
surface soil moisture (pP0.214) but affected soil temperatures in
both measurement years (2009: p < 0.001; 2010: p = 0.027). In
2009, H and H + F subplots had higher soil temperatures than the
NT subplots (p < 0.001). In 2010, only H subplots had higher soil
temperatures than the NT subplots (p = 0.021; Table 1). Neither soil
moisture nor soil temperature was significantly correlated with
residual BA either in 2009 or in 2010 (pP0.304).