Dynamics of Acacia aneura-Triodia boundaries using carbon (14C and δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) signatures in soil organic matter in central Australia

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-318

  Bowman, D M J S ^a,c   Boggs, Guy S ^a   Prior, Lynda D ^a   Krull, Evelyn S ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal fire management; Acacia shrubland; AMS dating; Carbon stable isotopes; Desert environments; Grassland; Late Holocene; Nitrogen stable isotopes; Soil organic matter; Vegetation boundary dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TANAMI DESERT;

ACACIA; ACACIA ANEURA; TRIODIA;

EID: 34347372057     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607076442     Document Type: Article

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