Grazing pressure and soil carbon, microbial biomass and enzyme activities in semi-arid northeastern Australia

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-149

  Holt, J A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grazing pressure; Northeastern Australia; Soil enzyme activity; Soil microbial biomass; Total carbon

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAZING; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL CARBON;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0031407580     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(96)00145-X     Document Type: Review

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