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Organic matter in the agricultural soils of Tasmania, Australia - a review
Citation
Cotching, W, Organic matter in the agricultural soils of Tasmania, Australia - a review, Geoderma, 312 pp. 170-182. ISSN 0016-7061 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.10.006
Abstract
A review of both the living and non-living components of soil organic matter (SOM) in the agricultural soils of
Tasmania, Australia, and the relationship of SOM to the functions of soil has been undertaken. The relationships
between soil organic carbon (SOC) and other inherent and dynamic soil properties of Tasmanian soils, SOC
stocks, the components and the controlling factors are reviewed. The dynamic nature of SOM is reviewed as
targets, rates of change and trends on different soil orders and under different management as well as the
correlation to soil physical, chemical and biological properties. Information on macro fauna, meso fauna, fungi
and bacteria is considered to acknowledge that SOM is a dynamic, changing resource that reflects the balance
between the living components that add new organic matter and the loss of organic matter from the dead
component.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | organic carbon, humus, biochar, dynamic, crop yield |
Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
Research Group: | Climate change impacts and adaptation |
Research Field: | Carbon sequestration science |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Terrestrial systems and management |
Objective Field: | Soils |
UTAS Author: | Cotching, W (Dr Bill Cotching) |
ID Code: | 122324 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 7 |
Deposited By: | TIA - Research Institute |
Deposited On: | 2017-11-09 |
Last Modified: | 2019-03-01 |
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