Soil Organic Carbon is Increased in Mixed-Species Plantations of Eucalyptus and Nitrogen-Fixing Acacia

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-132

  Forrester, D I ^a,b,c   Pares, A ^b,e   O'Hara, C ^b,d   Khanna, P K ^a   Bauhus, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Ministry of Defence   (Australia)

^e University for New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

decomposition; nitrogen fixation; organic matter fractionation; soil carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FRACTIONATION; LEGUME; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ACACIA; ACACIA MEARNSII; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84872836253     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9600-9     Document Type: Article

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