Relationship between environmental and land-use variables on soil carbon levels at the regional scale in central New South Wales, Australia

Soil Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 645-656

  Badgery, Warwick B ^a   Simmons, Aaron T ^a   Murphy, Brian M ^b   Rawson, Andrew ^c   Andersson, Karl O ^a   Lonergan, Vanessa E ^d   Van De Ven, Remy ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land management; Mid infrared (MIR) spectroscopy; Particle size analysis; Silica; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STOCKS; SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFRARED DEVICES; LAND USE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAIN; SILICA; SURVEYS;

SOILS;

CATCHMENT; LAND USE; OXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PASTURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RAINFALL; SILICA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL TYPE; STANDARDIZATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN BASIN; MACQUARIE BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84890957260     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR12358     Document Type: Article

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