Recovery of soil physical properties from compaction and soil profile disturbance caused by logging of native forest in Victorian Central Highlands, Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 329-340

  Rab, M A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clearfelling; Montreal process criteria; Soil sustainability indicators; Sustainable forest management; Timber harvesting

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; POROSITY; SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; MACROPOROSITY;

ECOLOGY;

CLEARCUTTING; COMPACTION; DISTURBANCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); SOIL PROPERTY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

VICTORIA;

EID: 1542576138     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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