Performance of grass and rainforest riparian buffers in the wet tropics, Far North Queensland. 1. Riparian hydrology

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 473-484

  McKergow, Lucy A ^a,b,d   Prosser, Ian P ^a   Grayson, Rodger B ^b   Heiner, Dale ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Surface runoff; Wet tropics

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENERGY DISSIPATION; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS;

BUFFERS; HYDROMETRY; RAINFORESTS;

SOILS;

BUFFER ZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFOREST; RIPARIAN FOREST; RUNOFF;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

RIPARIA;

EID: 3242668263     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR02155     Document Type: Article

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