Modelling the effects of soil moisture and solute conditions on long-term tree growth and water use: A case study from the Shepparton irrigation area, Australia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 283-315

  Silberstein, R P ^a,b   Vertessy, R A ^a,b   Morris, J ^c   Feikema, P M ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Plantation growth; Saline groundwater; Salt accumulation; Shallow water table; TOPOG; Water balance modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033602258     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(98)00083-3     Document Type: Article

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