Floodwater infiltration through root channels on a sodic clay floodplain and the influence on a local tree species Eucalyptus largiflorens

Plant and Soil

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 275-286

  Bramley, Helen ^a,b   Hutson, John ^a   Tyerman, Steve D ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopores; Eucalyptus largiflorens; Flooding; Preferential flowpaths; Salinity

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW REGULATION; INFILTRATION; PORE SPACE; ROOT SYSTEM; SALINITY; SODIC SOIL;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0041346381     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024531325281     Document Type: Article

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