TY  - JOUR
T1  - Benefits or Losses from Clearing Trees to Develop Pastures in Central Queensland, Australia?
AU - , Kamaljit Kaur AU - , John Rolfe AU - , Owen Stanley 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
SP  - 81
EP  - 89
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2006.81.89
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2006.81.89
KW  - Cleared and uncleared pastures
KW  -pasture production
KW  -ecological services
KW  -economic gains
KW  -losses
KW  -tree clearing
KW  -tradeoffs
KW  -tropical pastures
AB  - 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.
ER  -