Trampling resistance of tropical rainforest soils and vegetation in the wet tropics of north east Australia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-69

  Talbot, L M ^a   Turton, Steve M ^a   Graham, A W ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Resistance; Trampling impacts; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

RAINFOREST; SOIL STRUCTURE; TRAMPLING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASALT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; PLANT LITTER; SCRUB; SEAGRASS; SOIL FERTILITY; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0042912811     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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