The relationships between land uses, soil management practices, and soil carbon fractions in South Eastern Australia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 197, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-52

  Rabbi, S M Fazle ^a   Tighe, Matthew ^a   Cowie, Annette ^a,b   Wilson, Brian R ^a,c   Schwenke, Graeme ^b   Mcleod, Malem ^b   Badgery, Warwick ^d   Baldock, Jeff ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cropping; Pastures; Redundancy analysis; Soil carbon fractions; Soil carbon stock

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PASTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; BULK DENSITY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84905264612     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.06.020     Document Type: Article

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