Scattered paddock trees, litter chemistry, and surface soil properties in pastures of the New England Tablelands, New South Wales

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 905-912

  Graham, S ^a,b   Wilson, B R ^c   Reid, N ^a   Jones, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NRM SEQ Inc   (Australia)

^c NSW Department of Natural Resources   (Australia)

^d NSW Dept Infrastruct Plan Nat R   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ash alkalinity; Grazing; Scattered trees; Soil carbon; Soil pH; Stocking

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; CARBON; FORESTRY; PH;

LITTER; ORGANIC CARBON (OC); SOIL CONDITIONS; TABLELANDS;

SOILS;

LITTER; PARENT MATERIAL; PASTURE; PH; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TREE;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; CARBON; FORESTRY; PH; SOIL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ENGLAND TABLELANDS; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; EUCALYPTUS VIMINALIS; FRAXINUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 12444283832     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR03065     Document Type: Article

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