Groundwater use by riparian vegetation in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-154

  O'Grady, Anthony P ^a,d   Eamus, Derek ^b   Cook, Peter G ^c   Lamontagne, Sebastien ^c  

^a CRC Sustainable Production Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; WATER USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645694538     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04164     Document Type: Article

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