Selecting species for recharge management in Mediterranean south western Australia - Some ecophysiological considerations

Plant and Soil

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-293

  White, D A ^a,b   Battaglia, M ^a,c   Macfarlane, C ^b   Mummery, D ^a,c   McGrath, J F ^b,d   Beadle, C L ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CRC for Sustainable Prod Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^d University of Western Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Available water; Climatic variability; Drought avoidiance; Drought tolerance; Eucalyptus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RECHARGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 0344426163     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027338731384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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