Soil quality indicators to assess functionality of restored soils in degraded semiarid ecosystems

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue , 2016, Pages S43-S52

  Muñoz Rojas, Miriam ^a,b,c   Erickson, Todd E ^a,b   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,b,c   Merritt, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

1 day CO2 test; ecosystem services; microbial activity; mine restoration; Pilbara; soil health

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84984597319     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12368     Document Type: Article

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