Comparing and predicting soil carbon quantities under different land-use systems on the Red Ferrosol soils of southeast Queensland

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 250-256

  Maraseni, Tek Narayan ^c   Mathers, Nicole J ^c   Harms, Ben ^a   Cockfield, Geoff ^b   Apan, Armando ^b   Maroulis, Jerry ^b  

^a Queensland Department of Natural Resources   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Carbon credits; Carbon sequestration; Dry land farming; Inland Queensland; Land use change; Red Ferrosol

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FERRALSOL; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

CORYMBIA CITRIODORA;

EID: 57149109436     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.63.4.250     Document Type: Article

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