Seasonal differences in the soil water balance under perennial and annual pastures on an acid Sodosol in southeastern Australia

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-236

  Heng, L K ^a,b   White, R E ^b   Helyar, K R ^c   Fisher, R ^c   Chen, D ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; POACEAE;

EID: 0000222566     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.2001.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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