Coarse woody debris modifies surface soils of degraded temperate eucalypt woodlands

Plant and Soil

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 461-469

  Goldin, Sarah R ^a   Hutchinson, Michael F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian temperate woodlands; Soil nutrients; Woodland restoration

Indexed keywords

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE; WOODLAND; WOODY DEBRIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84881611953     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1642-z     Document Type: Article

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