Measurement and estimation of land-use effects on soil carbon and related properties for soil monitoring: A study on a basalt landscape of northern New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 421-433

  Wilson, Brian R ^a,b   Barnes, Phoebe ^b   Koen, Terry B ^c   Ghosh, Subhadip ^b   King, Dacre ^a  

^a NSW Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c NSW Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CARBON CONTENT; CURRENT STATUS; DATA SETS; EQUIVALENT MASS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; IMPROVED PASTURES; MODIFIED CARBON; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NEAR-SURFACE; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; SAMPLE NUMBER; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL DATA; SOIL LAYER; SOIL MONITORING; SOIL PH; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURFACES; WOODLAND SOILS;

AGRICULTURE; BASALT; LAND USE; MONITORING; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACIDITY; BASALT; BIOMONITORING; BULK DENSITY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NATURAL RESOURCE; PH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77955519703     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR09146     Document Type: Article

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