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“He who would do some great things in this short life must apply himself to work with such a concentration of force as, to idle spectators who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.”
F.P.

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Landscape Management Workshop 2005

Profile No.3: "Frog Pond"

Management objectives:
  • High level of succession
  • High biodiversity
  • Minimum management inputs
Site description / history / treatment:
  • Vegetation: Forest with melaleuca, eucalyptus, pandanus, grevillea,...
  • Ground Cover: Ground is thickly covered with approx. 10cm of undecomposed, shredded litter, mostly eucalyptus leafs
  • Soil Surface: Humic sandy 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
Profile description:
  • 0-8cm: Humus layer mixed with partly decomposed litter, small tree roots; color: dark brown
  • 8-18cm: Layer with sand, clay and some humic compounds, moist, tree roots, oxidized reddish parts; color: dark gray
  • 18-50cm: Moist sand, oxidized parts, tree roots; color: brown to light brown
  • 50-60cm: Wet sand, ground water entry, color: light brown
 

Soil surface

Profile 3

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