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Landscape Management Workshop 2005

Profile No.4: "Grey Termite Mound"

Management objectives:
  • High level of succession
  • High biodiversity
  • Minimum management inputs
Site description / history / treatment:
  • Vegetation: Forest with melaleuca, eucalyptus, pandanus, grevillea,...
  • Ground Cover: Thickly covered with at least 15cm of undecomposed, shredded litter, mostly spiral palm leafs
  • Soil Surface: Humic soil, not compacted, moist
  • Last Rainfall: Rainfall on Kachana 2004/2005
  • Fire: Active fire exclusion 1996 and 2005
  • Biological: Medium density stocking for 5 days 4 months prior to sampling
  • Mechanical: None
  • Chemical: None
  • Whit in 10m distance from profile 3
Profile description:
  • 0-2cm: Partly decomposed litter, high insect activity
  • 2-25cm: Thick humus layer, moist, lots of roots; color: black
  • 25-35cm: Moist sand with clay and humic compounds, ; color: grey to brown
  • 35-60cm: Wet sand; color: light brown
 

Soil surface

Laid out profile