Early response of soil properties and function to riparian rainforest restoration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Gageler, Rose ^a   Bonner, Mark ^a   Kirchhof, Gunnar ^a   Amos, Mark ^b   Robinson, Nicole ^a   Schmidt, Susanne ^a   Shoo, Luke P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Lake Baroon Catchment Care Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RAIN FOREST; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; QUEENSLAND; RAINFOREST; SOIL;

EID: 84905909517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104198     Document Type: Article

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