Impact of harvest residues on soil mineral nitrogen dynamics following clearfall harvesting of a hoop pine plantation in subtropical Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 55-67

  Blumfield, T J ^a   Xu, Z H ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

In situ mineralisation; Post harvest residues; Soil mineral nitrogen dynamics; Windrows

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; HARVESTING; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

MINERALIZATION;

SOILS;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA CUNNINGHAMII;

EID: 0037708300     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00485-1     Document Type: Article

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