Degradation and recovery processes in arid grazing lands of central Australia. Part 1: Soil and land resources

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-326

  Tongway, D J ^a   Sparrow, A D ^b   Friedel, M H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deposition; Erosion; Geomorphic strata; Hydrological processes; Nutrient cycling; Pattern

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; WATERING POINT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042354625     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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