Analysis of soil carbon outcomes from interaction between climate and grazing pressure in Australian rangelands using Range-ASSESS

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 779-801

  Hill, Michael J ^a   Roxburgh, Stephen H ^b   McKeon, Greg M ^c   Carter, John O ^c   Barrett, Damian J ^d  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Mines and Water   (Australia)

^d Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Grazing; Rangelands; Soil carbon; Spatial tool; State and transition model

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DRYING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; RANGELANDS; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL TOOL; STATE AND TRANSITION MODEL;

SOILS;

GRAZING; RANGELAND; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33646507299     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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