Impact of groundwater abstraction on a Banksia woodland, Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-124

  Groom, Philip K ^a   Froend, Ray H ^a   Mattiske, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mattiske Consulting Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater drawdown; Groundwater recharge; Rooting patterns; Shallow aquifer; Summer drought; Tree death; Vegetation monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009382768     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2000.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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