Changes in soil acidity and organic matter following the establishment of conifers on former grassland in New Zealand

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-252

  Alfredsson, Håkan ^a   Condron, Leo M ^b   Clarholm, Marianne ^a   Davis, Murray R ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Soil   (New Zealand)

^c SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exchangeable cations; Pinus radiata; Plantation forestry; Pseudotsuga menzieii

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; PLANTATION; SOIL;

NEW ZEALAND;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS RADIATA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0032576541     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00346-6     Document Type: Article

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