Nitrogen mineralisation in a sandy soil under native eucalypt forest and exotic pine plantations in relation to moisture content

1980 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hopmans ◽  
D. W. Flinn ◽  
P. W. Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Sandy Soil ◽  
Pine Plantations ◽  
Nitrogen Mineralisation ◽  
Eucalypt Forest

Populations of Four Small Mammals in Radiata Pine Plantations and Eucalypt Forests of North-Eastern Victoria.

1978 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 305 ◽  
Author(s):  
GC Suckling ◽  
A Heislers
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Radiata Pine ◽  
Pine Plantations ◽  
Native Vegetation ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
Eucalypt Forest ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Antechinus Stuartii ◽  
Rattus Fuscipes ◽  
Eucalypt Forests

[See also FA 39, 2088] A 2-yr trapping study was made on (a) Rattus fuscipes, (b) Antechinus stuartii, (c) Mus musculus and (d) A. swainsonii in mature eucalypt forest, a narrow stream-side strip of eucalypt forest, and in 3 pine plantations, 8, 22 and 42 yr old. In each area (a) and (d) were largely and (c) always confined to dense native vegetation along streams, whilst (b) was more frequent along streams than on slopes. More animals were found away from streams in young pine plantations than in other forest types.

scholarly journals A recording apparatus for measuring thermal conductivity, and some results obtained with it in soil.

1954 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-175
Author(s):  
R.H.A. Van Duin ◽  
D.A. De Vries
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Sandy Soil ◽  
Repeated Measurements ◽  
Grass Cover ◽  
Automatic Apparatus ◽  
Recording Apparatus ◽  
Photographic Record ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Field Soils

The automatic apparatus described comprises a number of elements which, placed to various depths at 3-90 cm in field soils, are successively switched on so as to give a straight-line photographic record of the deflections of a galvanometer. The gradient of the line is a measure of thermal conductivity, from which moisture content may indirectly be computed and evapo-transpiration determined by repeated measurements. Results of moisture determinations in a sandy soil under grass cover are reported. The method is well suited for observing moisture changes in lysimeters. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

Evaluating models to predict daily fine fuel moisture content in eucalypt forest

2015 ◽  
Vol 335 ◽  
pp. 261-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Slijepcevic ◽  
W.R. Anderson ◽  
S. Matthews ◽  
D.H. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Fuel Moisture ◽  
Eucalypt Forest ◽  
Fuel Moisture Content

Specific Heat and Volumetric Heat Capacity of Granular Materials as Affected by Moisture and Density

2014 ◽  
Vol 575 ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nidal H. Abu-Hamdeh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Specific Heat ◽  
Granular Materials ◽  
Sandy Soil ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Soil Density ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Volumetric Heat Capacity ◽  
Loam Soil

The granular materials examined in this study were some Saudian soils. The effect of water content and bulk density on the specific heat and volumetric heat capacity of two Saudian soils (sand and loam) was investigated through laboratory studies. These laboratory experiments used the calorimetric method to determine specific heat of soils. For the type of soils studied, specific heat increased with increased moisture content. Also, volumetric heat capacity increased with increased moisture content and soil density. The volumetric heat capacity and specific heat of soils observed were compared with independent estimates made using derived theoretical relations. The differences between the observed and predicted results were very small. Loam soil generally had higher specific heat and volumetric heat capacity than sandy soil for the same moisture content and soil density.

scholarly journals The Effect of Soil Coverings on Soil Respiration in Sandy Soil

2003 ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Csaba Varga
Keyword(s):  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Sandy Soil ◽  
The Other ◽  
Co2 Production ◽  
Favourable Effect ◽  
Control Soil ◽  
Soil Co2 ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Soil Co2 Production

The purpose of our experiments is to study effect of different soil coverings (porous black polyethylene called agroszövet and black polyethylene) on CO2 production in sandy soil. The CO2 production was measured in our laboratory according to Witkamp (1966 cit. Szegi, 1979), after 5 days’ incubation period. Samples were taken off four times (March, May, July, September) in every year of the experiment. In May, July and September of 2000, the CO2 production was significantly higher in the control than in the treatment soil. With the exception of September, the value of CO2 production was significantly higher under black polyethylene than under agroszövet. In March and May of 2001, the soil under black polyethylene, and in July and September the control soil produced the greatest quantity of CO2. With the exception of July, significantly more CO2 was produced under black polyethylene than under agroszövet. To study the dynamic of CO2 production there was find a significantly higher value May and September of 2001 than 2000. Similarly significant higher CO2 production was detected in September than in the other months In average of two experimental years the difference between the produced CO2 under different coverings was occasionally. Explicit upward tendency in soil CO2 production was detected only in case of control soil. There was a medium (r=0,413) relationship observed between the moisture content and the CO2 producing ability of soil. To sum up the soil coverings had favourable effect on soil CO2 production very rearly, but they could help to conserve the moisture content of soil.

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