The impact of deforestation and pasture abandonment on soil properties in the wet tropics of Australia

Geoderma

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 35-45

  Rasiah, V ^a   Florentine, S K ^b,c   Williams, B L ^b   Westbrooke, M E ^c  

^a Dept of Natural Resources and Mines ^*  (Australia)

^b School for Field Studies   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abandoned pasture; Deforestation; Degraded soil; Planted rainforest; Rainforest; Recovery

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; PH EFFECTS;

PASTURE ABONDONMENT; RANDOMIZED BLOCK DESIGNS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ABANDONED LAND; DEFORESTATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL REMEDIATION; TROPICAL SOIL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1842531178     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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