Land-use and historical management effects on soil organic carbon in grazing systems on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales

Soil Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 668-679

  Wilson, Brian R ^a,b   Lonergan, Vanessa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ORGANIC CARBON STORAGES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SIGNIFICANT PATTERNS; SOC CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE SOIL LAYERS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON;

SOILS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSOIL;

EID: 84890909505     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR12376     Document Type: Article

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