Towards achieving functional ecosystem mimicry with respect to water cycling in southern Australian agriculture

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 203-214

  Hatton, T J ^a   Nulsen, R A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dryland salinity; Ecohydrology; Groundwater; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FARMING SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032732784     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006215620243     Document Type: Article

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