Vegetation of high mountains in Australia in relation to land use
The case is extremely strong for the preservation of the high mountain vegetation largely in its natural condition, of readjusting land use so that this near-natural condition can redevelop, and in cases of more severe soil-vegetation deterioration of implementing active soil conservation measures.
Publisher: Soil Conservation Service
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Language: English
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Name: vegetation-high-mountains-australia-land-use-1959.pdf
Australia, although predominantly a country of low relief, low rainfall, and arid and semi-arid vegetation and soils, also contains considerable areas of elevated land which regularly receive heavy snowfalls and where the vegetation and soils are distinctly "high mountain" in character.