The response in water yield to the thinning of Pinus radiata, Pinus patula and Eucalyptus grandis plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-307

  Lesch, W ^a   Scott, David F ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eucalypts; Pine; Plantations; Streamflow; Thinning; Water yield

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; PINE PLANTATION; STREAMFLOW; THINNING; WATER YIELD;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031458527     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00045-5     Document Type: Article

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