A framework relating soil surface condition to infiltration and sediment and nutrient mobilization in grazed rangelands of northeastern Queensland, Australia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1093-1104

  Roth, Christian H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grazing; Infiltration; Savanna; Soil surface condition

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; HYDROLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; NUTRIENT MOBILIZATION; SOIL SURFACE CONDITIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; LANDFORMS; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOIL TESTING;

EROSION;

GRAZING; INFILTRATION; LOAM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RANGELAND; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL SURFACE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 4444333788     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1104     Document Type: Article

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