Soil seed reserves in arid grazing lands of central Australia. Part 2: Availability of 'safe sites'

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-185

  Kinloch, J E ^a   Friedel, M H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition indicators; Grazing gradients; Resource capture; Soil stability

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; SEED BANK; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PROPERTY; TRAMPLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 4544301049     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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