Towards climate-resilient restoration in mesic eucalypt woodlands: characterizing topsoil biophysical condition in different degradation states

Plant and Soil

Volumn 383, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 231-244

  Prober, Suzanne M ^a   Stol, Jacqui ^a   Piper, Melissa ^a   Gupta, V V S R ^a   Cunningham, Saul A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Climate adaptation; Climate change; Plant soil interactions; Soil carbon; Soil health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939896499     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2170-1     Document Type: Article

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