The effect of degradation of phalaris + white clover pasture on soil water regimes of a Brown Chromosol on the Northern Tablelands of NSW, Australia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 318-342

  McLeod, M K ^a,b   MacLeod, D A ^a   Daniel, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active rooting depth; Pasture; Soil water; Water use

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; DRYING; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; WETTING;

ACTIVE ROOTING DEPTH; PASTURES; SOIL WATER; WATER USE;

WATER RESOURCES;

BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; DRYING; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; WATER RESOURCES; WETTING;

DEGRADATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND DEGRADATION; PASTURE; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTHERN TABLELANDS;

PHALARIS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 33645105630     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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