Agroforestry for water management in the cropping zone of southern Australia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 277-302

  Lefroy, E C ^a   Stirzaker, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Deep drainage; Revegetation; Salinity; Tree crop interactions; Tree water use

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032756785     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006241503888     Document Type: Article

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