Topsoil characteristics of three contrasting New Zealand soils under four long-term land uses

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 569-583

  Sparling, Graham P ^a   Shepherd, T Graham ^b   Schipper, Louis A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crop; Degradation; Forest; Landuse; Pasture; Pines; Soiltype; Structure

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034474244     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2000.9513454     Document Type: Article

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