Coarse woody debris reduces the rate of moisture loss from surface soils of cleared temperate Australian woodlands

Soil Research

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 637-644

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

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

coarse woody debris diameter; Eucalypt woodlands; soil bulk density; soil moisture availability; south east Australia

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; EUCALYPT WOODLANDS; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY;

BULK DENSITY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; LIMITING FACTOR; MOISTURE CONTENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84908116904     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR13337     Document Type: Article

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