Soil changes associated with cessation of sheep grazing in the Canterbury high country, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-189

  Basher, L R ^a   Lynn, I H ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

High country; Indicators; Microbial carbon; Nutrients; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; SHEEP; SOIL; SOIL DEGRADATION;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, CANTERBURY;

EID: 0030326813     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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