Species-specific effects of native trees on soil organic carbon in biodiverse plantings across north-central Victoria, Australia

Geoderma

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 95-106

  Kasel, Sabine ^a   Singh, Sonu ^a   Sanders, Gregor J ^a   Bennett, Lauren T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia mearnsii; Aggregate; Land use change; N fixation; Soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions

Indexed keywords

ACACIA MEARNSII; AGGREGATE FORMATION; AGGREGATE STABILITY; ALLOCASUARINA VERTICILLATA; AUSTRALIA; C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON MARKETS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY CONTENT; CLAY MINERALOGY; CLAY PARTICLES; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; LIFE SPAN; MACROAGGREGATES; N-FIXATION; NATIVE TREE SPECIES; NATIVE TREES; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANTINGS; SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC) FRACTIONS; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; TREE SPECIES; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LAKES; LAND USE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC CARBON; REFORESTATION; SOILS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DICOTYLEDON; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROAGGREGATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ACACIA; ACACIA IMPLEXA; ACACIA MEARNSII; ALLOCASUARINA VERTICILLATA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA;

EID: 79551597481     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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