Date of Award
2006
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
School
School of Natural Sciences
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
First Supervisor
Associate Professor Adrianne Kinnear
Second Supervisor
Dr Annette Koenders
Abstract
Plantations provide a range of benefits, including the potential to ameliorate salinity and soil erosion, enhance biodiversity, and provide timber and wood chips. They are increasingly important because of their role in carbon sequestration (Adolphson, 2000; Anonymous, 2005; Jones et al. , 2005; Kozlowski, 2002; Paul and Polglase, 2004). Recent research has highlighted the connection between plantation health and soil fertility (Johnston and Crossley Jr, 2002). Within an Australian context there is little published data on the composition of the soil and litter fauna and their contribution to litter decomposition under plantation systems (Adolphson, 2000). The Albany Effluent Irrigated Tree Farm provided an opportunity to research plantation (Eucalyptus globulus ) soil flora and fauna communities, rates of litter decomposition and to describe the impact of irrigation (both mains-water and effluent) on these communities.
Recommended Citation
Swarts, D. J. (2006). Soil community structure and litter decomposition under irrigated Eucalyptus Globulus in South Western Australia. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/100