Use of a simple plantation productivity model to study the profitability of irrigated Eucalyptus globulus

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-141

  Sands, P J ^a   Rawlins, W ^b   Battaglia, M ^a  

^a GPO Box 252 12 ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest growth; Irrigation; Model

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MODEL; PROFITABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 0033120908     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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