Modelling rising groundwater and the impacts of salinization on terrestrial remnant vegetation in the Blackwood River Basin

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-60

  Hodgson, Geoff ^a   Hatton, Tom ^a   Salama, Ramsis ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Remnant vegetation; Risk assessment; Salinity

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; MODELING; REVEGETATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLACKWOOD BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA MELANOXYLON;

EID: 16544366371     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2004.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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