Landscape Management Workshop 2005
Profile No.4: "Grey Termite Mound"
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Management objectives:
- High level of succession
- High biodiversity
- Minimum management inputs
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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
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Soil surface
Laid out profile
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