Is soil carbon a useful indicator of sustainable forest soil management? - A case study from native eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 59-74

  Bauhus, Jürgen ^a   Khanna, Partap K ^b   Hopmans, Peter ^c   Weston, Chris ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Eucalyptus regnans; Eucalyptus sieberi; Soil organic matter; Sustainability indicator

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHARCOAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ROCKS; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM);

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; EUCALYPTUS SIEBERI; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036841346     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00461-9     Document Type: Article

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