Grazing impacts on spatial distribution of soil and herbaceous characteristics in an Australian tropical woodland

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-150

  Northup, B K ^a,b   Brown, J R ^a,c   Ash, A J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eucalypt woodlands; Grazing pressure; Land condition; Plant soil interactions; Silvopasture; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; DISTURBANCE; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CORYMBIA ERYTHROPHLOIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS XANTHOCLADA;

EID: 18844441153     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-004-0002-7     Document Type: Article

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