Performance of several tree species on a saline site in southern Pakistan

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 457-468

  Marcar, N E ^a   Ansari, R ^b   Khanzada, A N ^b   Khan, M A ^b   Crawford, D F ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acacia; Casuarina; Conocarpus; Eucalyptus; Floodin; Salinity; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LAND RECLAMATION; SALINE WATER; SEEPAGE; WOOD FUELS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SALINE SITE;

FORESTRY;

FLOODS; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; IRRIGATION; LAND RECLAMATION; SALINITY; SEEPAGE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ACACIA; ACACIA AMPLICEPS; ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACACIA VICTORIAE; ATRIPLEX LENTIFORMIS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CASSIA STURTII; CASUARINA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; CASUARINA GLAUCA; CASUARINA OBESA; CONOCARPUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS MICROTHECA; EUCALYPTUS OCCIDENTALIS; MICROTHECA; STENOPHYLLA;

EID: 0042421925     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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