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dc.contributor.authorWard, S.
dc.contributor.authorMajer, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorO'Connell, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:44:59Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:44:59Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:21:01Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.identifier.citationWard, S.C. and Majer, J.D. and O'Connell, A.M.. 1991. Decomposition of eucalypt litter on rehabilitated bauxite mines. Australian Journal of Ecology 16: 251-257.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34677
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The initiation of nutrient cycling is important in developing a self-sustaining ecosystem, where inputs of fertilizer are not required, on rehabilitated open-cut mines. The loss of dry weight, surface area and nutrients from senescent jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) leaves enclosed in litterbags for 18 months were measured on 27 rehabilitated bauxite mines and in two jarrah forests on the Darling Plateau in Western Australia. Respiration and acetylene reduction by the litter were also determined. Linear trends were found between litter decomposition on rehabilitated mines and understorey cover density, litter cover and a measure of the effect of the revegetation on soil moisture. During decomposition, N was retained relative to litter dry weight and, in most cases, amounts of N increased. Losses of Ca and S were correlated with dry weight losses. Sodium, Cl, Mg and K were lost from the litter by leaching. Rehabilitation techniques, including sowing a legume understorey and replacement of the topsoil, should favour the development of nutrient cycling on mined areas.

dc.relation.urihttp://www.blackwellpublishing.com/permis.asp?ref=1442-9985
dc.subjectEucalypt litter - decomposition - rehabilitation - bauxite mines - Western Australia
dc.titleDecomposition of eucalypt litter on rehabilitated bauxite mines
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume16
dcterms.source.startPage251
dcterms.source.endPage257
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Ecology
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S.C. Ward, J.D. Majer, A.M. O'Connell (1991) Decomposition of eucalypt litter on rehabilitated bauxite mines, Australian Journal of Ecology, v.16, pp.251-257.

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Reproduced with permission.

curtin.identifierEPR-164
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyDivision of Resources and Environment
curtin.facultyMuresk Institute
curtin.facultyDepartment of Environmental Biology


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