Scattered native trees and soil patterns in grazing land on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-205

  Wilson, Brian R ^a   Growns, Ivor ^a   Lemon, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Gunnedah Resource Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Scattered trees; Soil acidity; Soil carbon; Soil nutrients; Soil pattern

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CARBON; NUTRIENTS; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

SCATTERED TREES; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL PATTERN;

FORESTRY;

ACIDIFICATION; EVERGREEN TREE; GRAZING; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PASTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL COVER; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROFILE; WOODLAND;

ACIDITY; CARBON; NUTRIENTS; SOIL MECHANICS; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTHERN TABLELANDS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS BLAKELYI;

EID: 34248996586     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR07019     Document Type: Article

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