Using the carbon management index to indicate ecosystem function in brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) agro-ecosystems of South East Queensland, Australia

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Collard, Stuart J.. 2006. "Using the carbon management index to indicate ecosystem function in brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) agro-ecosystems of South East Queensland, Australia." Timmins, Susan (ed.) ECOSOC/ESA 2006: Ecology Across the Tasman. Wellington, New Zealand 28 Aug - 01 Sep 2006 Wellington, New Zealand.
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Using the carbon management index to indicate ecosystem function in brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) agro-ecosystems of South East Queensland, Australia

Presentation TypePaper
Authors
AuthorCollard, Stuart J.
EditorsTimmins, Susan
Journal or Proceedings TitleProceedings of the 3rd Joint Conference of the New Zealand Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of Australia (ECOSOC/ESA 2006)
Number of Pages1
Year2006
Place of PublicationWellington, New Zealand
Web Address (URL) of Paperhttp://www.iffa.org.au/node/189
Conference/EventECOSOC/ESA 2006: Ecology Across the Tasman
Event Details
ECOSOC/ESA 2006: Ecology Across the Tasman
Event Date
28 Aug 2006 to end of 01 Sep 2006
Event Location
Wellington, New Zealand
Abstract

Soil organic matter is an effective indicator of soil resource condition that reflects functional traits such as aggregation, infiltration and microbial activity and plays a critical role in sustaining production and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. Agricultural practices typically reduce soil carbon levels through the action of soil disturbance and consequent mineralisation. In the Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) landscape we studied, soil carbon levels in pellic vertisols were significantly lower in the agricultural matrix of cropping and grasslands than in remnant Brigalow vegetation. There was no detectable gradient of soil carbon across Brigalow/matrix boundaries. Uncultivated grasslands showed signaificantly higher carbon levels than currently and previously cultivated grasslands, with regenerating grasslands showing no significant recovery of soil carbon over 15 years. The carbon management index (CMI) was used to combine the active and passive components of soil carbon to provide a sensitive indicator of the rate of change of carbon dynamics in response to changes in land management at local-scales. A landscape CMI (CMIL) was developed, by aggregating soil carbon data using GIS-derived spatial data. the landscape CMI is proposed as a potentially useful tool for modelling soil carbon dynamics and ecosystem function in agro-ecosystems at a range of spatial scales.

Keywordscarbon management index; ecosystem function; brigalow; acacia harpophylla; agro-ecosystems; South East Queensland
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020310308. Terrestrial ecology
410203. Ecosystem function
410401. Conservation and biodiversity
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Byline AffiliationsAustralian Centre for Sustainable Catchments
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