@article{MAKHILLAJ20061220044,
    title = {Benefits or Losses from Clearing Trees to Develop Pastures in Central Queensland, Australia?},
    journal = {Agricultural Journal},
    volume = {1},
    number = {2},
    pages = {81-89},
    year = {2006},
    issn = {1816-9155},
    doi = {aj.2006.81.89},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-9155&doi=aj.2006.81.89},
    author = {Kamaljit Kaur,John Rolfe and},
    keywords = {Cleared and uncleared pastures,pasture production,ecological services,economic gains,losses,tree clearing,tradeoffs,tropical pastures},
    abstract = {Clearing trees to develop land for exotic pastures that enhance pasture production and hence the
financial gains, is an important issue in Queensland. Gains from clearing woodlands are questioned. Three tree
communities i.e. <I>Acacia harpophylla, Eucalyptus melanophloia </I>and <I>Eucalyptus populnea </I>were selected at
three different ages of clearing i.e. 5 yr, 11-13 yr and 33 yr to collect the data on pasture production, soil
properties (biological and physicochemical), litter production and nutrient recycling and pasture plant diversity
over 2-3 year period of the study. The net economic gains from clearing in terms of pasture production were
compared to uncleared pastures and assessed against the tradeoffs of ecological services. The increase in
pasture production post-clearing was not consistent with age of clearing. A bioeconomic model, applied to
predict pasture production over the 50 years of time of clearing, though suggested economic benefits, however,
it is difficult to predict how the loss in ecosystem functions in cleared pastures (&gt; 30 years of clearing), by
implication, affect pasture yield over time.}
    }