Soil carbon and related soil properties along a soil type and land-use intensity gradient, New South Wales, Australia

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 437-447

  Wilson, B R ^a,b   Koen, T B ^b   Barnes, P ^a   Ghosh, S ^c   King, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c National Parks Board   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Australia; Land use; Soil organic carbon; Woodland

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; PASTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 82255175109     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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